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. 2013;31(2):204-18.
doi: 10.1080/07347332.2012.761319.

Coping strategies and patient delay in patients with cancer

Anette Fischer Pedersen  1 , Frede Olesen, Rikke Pilegaard Hansen, Robert Zachariae, Peter Vedsted
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Coping strategies and patient delay in patients with cancer

Anette Fischer Pedersen et al. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2013.

Abstract

This study examined associations between avoidance and approach coping and patient delay in cancer patients (N = 1024). Approach coping was associated with short appraisal intervals (time from symptom discovery to recognition of symptom seriousness). Avoidance coping was associated with long appraisal intervals when adjusting for covariates. Help-seeking intervals (time from recognition of symptom seriousness to contact to general practitioner) were only associated with approach coping and only when adjusting for the influence of covariates. The results revealed a complex relationship between coping and patient delay and supported that normal processing of health threats implies avoidance and approach coping strategies.

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