0828 Pre-Treatment Insomnia Symptoms and Perceived Cognitive Impairment in Newly Diagnosed Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer

Pre-treatment factors related to cognitive functioning in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

Women treated for breast cancer have shown cognitive deficits with reduced capacity to focus and concentrate or to direct attention. This study examined the relationship between cognitive function prior to any treatment for breast cancer and individual factors including age, education, menopausal status, chronic health problems, and distress. Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer (N=184), ag...

Emotional suppression and depressive symptoms in women newly diagnosed with early breast cancer

BACKGROUND Patients with breast cancer usually present varying levels of depressive symptoms. Emotional suppression, as a coping style, refers to an individual's ability to consciously control expression of negative emotions. Thus, emotional suppression is an important psychological factor related to depressive symptoms in patients with breast cancer. It has long been considered that compared t...

Effect of Brain Training on Cognitive Performance in Elderly Women Diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Background: Cognitive impairment profoundly influences on older adults’ activities and quality of life. Therefore, optimizing and remediating age-associated cognitive decline have great importance. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of 8 weeks (3 day /week) computer based brain training on cognitive performance in old women with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Materials and Methods...

The Effect of Decision Aid's Pakage in Selected Treatment by Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer and Decision making Outcomes

Background & Objectives: One of the basic principle of the protection of the patient, the patient's right to make decisions for their health. In this study, the effect of using decision aid's package was studied on choice of treatment and decision making outcomes in patients with early-stage breast cancer. Materials and Methods: This research is a clinical trial, performed on 30 patients with ...

Oncology health professionals attitudes toward treatment- focused genetic testing for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer