Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review.
<h4>Background</h4>Problems in affective and cognitive functioning are among the most common concurrent symptoms that breast cancer patients report. Social relationships may provide some explanations of the clinical variability in affective-cognitive symptoms. Evidence suggests that soci...
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| author | Yesol Yang Yufen Lin Grace Oforiwa Sikapokoo Se Hee Min Nicole Caviness-Ashe Jing Zhang Leila Ledbetter Timiya S Nolan |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Problems in affective and cognitive functioning are among the most common concurrent symptoms that breast cancer patients report. Social relationships may provide some explanations of the clinical variability in affective-cognitive symptoms. Evidence suggests that social relationships (functional and structural aspects) can be associated with patients' affective-cognitive symptoms; however, such an association has not been well studied in the context of breast cancer.<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of this scoping review was to address the following question: What social relationships are associated with affective-cognitive symptoms of women with breast cancer?<h4>Methods</h4>This scoping review used the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley and PRISMA-Sc. Studies published by February 2022 were searched using four databases: MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), and Web of Science (Clarivate). All retrieved citations were independently screened and eligibility for inclusion was determined by study team members. Extracted data included research aims, design, sample, type and measures of social relationships (functional and structural), and the association between social relationships and affective-cognitive symptoms.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 70 studies were included. Affective symptoms were positively associated with social support, family functioning, quality of relationships, social networks, and social integration, whereas the negative association was found with social constraints.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our findings suggest positive social relationships may mitigate affective symptoms of women with breast cancer. Thus, health care providers need to educate patients about the importance of building solid social relationships and encourage them to participate in a supportive network of friends and family members. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-215af4db11124a35a425c7cf459b489e2025-02-05T05:32:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01178e027264910.1371/journal.pone.0272649Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review.Yesol YangYufen LinGrace Oforiwa SikapokooSe Hee MinNicole Caviness-AsheJing ZhangLeila LedbetterTimiya S Nolan<h4>Background</h4>Problems in affective and cognitive functioning are among the most common concurrent symptoms that breast cancer patients report. Social relationships may provide some explanations of the clinical variability in affective-cognitive symptoms. Evidence suggests that social relationships (functional and structural aspects) can be associated with patients' affective-cognitive symptoms; however, such an association has not been well studied in the context of breast cancer.<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of this scoping review was to address the following question: What social relationships are associated with affective-cognitive symptoms of women with breast cancer?<h4>Methods</h4>This scoping review used the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley and PRISMA-Sc. Studies published by February 2022 were searched using four databases: MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), and Web of Science (Clarivate). All retrieved citations were independently screened and eligibility for inclusion was determined by study team members. Extracted data included research aims, design, sample, type and measures of social relationships (functional and structural), and the association between social relationships and affective-cognitive symptoms.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 70 studies were included. Affective symptoms were positively associated with social support, family functioning, quality of relationships, social networks, and social integration, whereas the negative association was found with social constraints.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our findings suggest positive social relationships may mitigate affective symptoms of women with breast cancer. Thus, health care providers need to educate patients about the importance of building solid social relationships and encourage them to participate in a supportive network of friends and family members.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272649&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Yesol Yang Yufen Lin Grace Oforiwa Sikapokoo Se Hee Min Nicole Caviness-Ashe Jing Zhang Leila Ledbetter Timiya S Nolan Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. PLoS ONE |
| title | Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. |
| title_full | Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. |
| title_short | Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. |
| title_sort | social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer a scoping review |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272649&type=printable |
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