title: Developing an outcome measurement for meaning-making intervention with Chinese cancer patients.
abstract: Psychosocial programs designed for cancer patients often facilitate the search for meaning as one of the therapeutic components. This study aimed to develop a self-report instrument, namely Chinese Cancer Coherence Scale (CCCS), which measures the patients' meaning-making process with reference to the concept of coherence. A panel of eight veteran social workers and psychologists generated statements pertaining to the cancer experience. Results from a two-phase study involving 390 breast cancer patients revealed a two-factor structure of the CCCS, namely incoherent-embittered and coherent-enlightened. The use of the CCCS by practitioners and researchers is recommended in order to understand how Chinese cancer patients make sense of their cancer experience.
authors.affiliation: Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. chanhangyee@hku.hk
authors.forename: Timothy H Y
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Rainbow T H
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Cecilia L W
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002681:China; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012649:Self Concept; D012932:Social Facilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome