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Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer 1/2018

01-01-2018 | Original Article

Impact of emotional competence on supportive care needs, anxiety and depression symptoms of cancer patients: a multiple mediation model

Authors: A.-S. Baudry, S. Lelorain, M. Mahieuxe, V. Christophe

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to test the effect of intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional competence on cancer patients’ supportive care needs, as mediated by anxiety and depression symptoms.

Methods

Cross-sectional design: 137 cancer patients (42% breast or ovarian cancer, 58% gastrointestinal cancer) in 4 French hospitals completed the Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Supportive Care Needs Survey Short Form (SCNS-SF). Bootstrap methods with PROCESS Macro were used to test multiple mediation models.

Results

Emotional competence presented a direct or indirect beneficial effect on the satisfaction of supportive care needs, anxiety and depression symptoms. As expected, anxiety and depression symptoms had also strong positive correlations with unmet needs. All multiple mediation models were significant, except for physical needs: intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional competence impacted anxiety and depression symptoms, which in turn impacted psychological, sexual, care/support, and information needs.

Conclusions

These innovative results show the important effect of patients’ emotional competence on their supportive care need satisfaction, as mediated by anxiety and depression. Consequently, patients with high emotional competence may require less psychosocial input from medical clinicians. Thus, emotional competence may be integrated into health models and psychosocial interventions to improve patient adjustment. Further investigation is, however, needed to know which are the most beneficial specific emotional competences and at what point of the cancer pathway.
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Metadata
Title
Impact of emotional competence on supportive care needs, anxiety and depression symptoms of cancer patients: a multiple mediation model
Authors
A.-S. Baudry
S. Lelorain
M. Mahieuxe
V. Christophe
Publication date
01-01-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3838-x

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