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Halbach, Sarah Maria, Enders, Anna, Kowalski, Christoph, Pfoertner, Timo-Kolja, Pfaff, Holger ORCID: 0000-0001-9154-6575, Wesselmann, Simone and Ernstmann, Nicole ORCID: 0000-0001-7685-6110 (2016). Health literacy and fear of cancer progression in elderly women newly diagnosed with breast cancer-A longitudinal analysis. Patient Educ. Couns., 99 (5). S. 855 - 863. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. ISSN 0738-3991

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Abstract

Objective: This study aims to investigate the distribution of health literacy levels and the association of health literacy with fear of cancer progression (FoP) over the course of cancer treatment in a sample of elderly women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Methods: The analyses are part of a prospective, multicenter cohort-study (PIAT) that took place in Germany between 2013 and 2014. Elderly women (aged 65 years and older) newly diagnosed with breast cancer completed validated measures of health literacy and FoP directly after the breast cancer surgery and 40 weeks later. Multivariate random-effects regression analysis for longitudinal data was applied to estimate the association of health literacy with FoP considering socio-demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics of the patients. Results: About half of the elderly breast cancer patients in our sample were classified as having limited health literacy (inadequate and problematic levels). Inadequate and problematic health literacy were significantly associated with higher levels of FoP in the elderly breast cancer patients. Conclusion: Limited health literacy is an independent risk factor for increased FoP. Practice implications: Enhancing health literacy could contribute to reducing patients' cancer-related fears. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Halbach, Sarah Maria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Enders, Anna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kowalski, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfoertner, Timo-Kolja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfaff, Holger UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-6575 UNSPECIFIED Wesselmann, Simone UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ernstmann, Nicole UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7685-6110 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-278043
DOI:	10.1016/j.pec.2015.12.012
Journal or Publication Title:	Patient Educ. Couns.
Volume:	99
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 855 - 863
Date:	2016
Publisher:	ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Place of Publication:	CLARE
ISSN:	0738-3991
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language QUALITY-OF-LIFE; PUBLIC-HEALTH; RECURRENCE; COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; UNCERTAINTY; PREVALENCE; DEPRESSION; SYMPTOMS; OUTCOMES Multiple languages Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27804