Anxiety symptoms prior to a prostate cancer diagnosis: Associations with knowledge and openness to treatment

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• 作者：Amanda J. Dillard ; Laura D. Scherer ; Peter A. Ubel ; Stewart Alexander and Angela Fagerlin
• 刊名：British Journal of Health Psychology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：22
• 期：1
• 页码：151-168
• 全文大小：265K
• ISSN：2044-8287

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Research suggests that anxiety may be a common response to a cancer diagnosis, but research is needed to examine anxiety before diagnosis. Anxiety before diagnosis may relate to the comprehension of relevant health information or openness to potential treatments. This study examined anxiety and these outcomes in men who were waiting to learn of a prostate cancer diagnosis.