title: Exploring the role of ethnicity on perceptions of cancer and physical health recovery during the first year of survivorship.
abstract: This study examined the role of ethnicity (Black vs White) in the extent to which patients' appraisal of the impact of cancer on themselves and their family members relates to their physical health. Colorectal cancer patients provided self-reports for study variables at 2 and 12 months post-diagnosis (N = 60). Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that African American patients' perception of the cancer as disruptive to their family, but not to themselves, related to poorer health recovery, which association was absent among Whites (p < .02). Findings suggest that cancer-related family stress plays a different role between two ethnic groups in elucidating their health recovery during the early survivorship.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, USA Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, USA ykim@miami.edu.
authors.forename: Youngmee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.affiliation: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Caio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rocha-Lima
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, USA.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milton
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, USA Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, USA.
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Carver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D000073116:Cancer Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D011446:Prospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D000073859:Survivorship; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ethnicity; health recovery; impact on family; perceived cancer-related stress