Effective factors on coping strategies in women with breast cancer: a comprehensive literature review

Elahe Samami,1 Zohreh shahhosseini,2,* Forouzan elyasi,3 Seyyed noraddin mosavi nasab,4 Leila shojaee,5 Ehsan zaboli,6

1. M.Sc. Student of Midwifery counseling. Student Research committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.
2. Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.
3. Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Research Center,Mazandaran University of Medical Science,Sari, Iran.
4. Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.
5. Gastrointestinal Cancer research center, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.
6. Gastrointestinal Cancer research center, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction

: efficient coping strategies are effective methods to manage stresses resulted from breast cancer. there are various effective factors on efficient coping strategies, so this review aims to investigate the effective factors on coping strategies in women with breast cancer.

Methods

This study is a review that the researcher was initially conducted her computer search in google scholar database and then more specifically in persian databases such as scientific information database (sid), magiran, and in english databases included pubmed, web of science, scopus, science direct and springer using persian and english keywords from 2000 to 2018 to find related articles. finally out of 97 articles, 49 studies were used to write this study.

Results

: the findings of this research were classified in 4 main levels: medical factors (including disease stage, disease type and treatment type), psychological factors (including severe depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, bipolar disorder and suicide history ), social factors (including information support by treatment team, psychological support from partner, family and financial support) and religious- spiritual factors (including hope, positive thinking, believe in fate, praying and trust in god).

Conclusion

: according to the significance of coping strategies and the effect of medical, psychological, social and religious- spiritual factors on them, it is recommended to health service providers pay attention to the factors and improve efficient coping skills in women with breast cancer through educational and consulting interventions.

Keywords

Coping strategies, breast cancer, social support, spiritual factors, psychologica