title: Avoidance of cancer communication, perceived social support, and anxiety and depression among patients with cancer.
abstract: Patients with cancer are reported to experience high anxiety and depression related to their medical status. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of avoidance of cancer communication and of social support from family and medical professionals on the patients' anxiety and depression.
  
  
  
  A national survey was conducted through regional branches of the National Cancer Center of South Korea, which yielded 296 patient-caregiver dyads. Patients' medical records complemented their self-report survey data.
  
  
  
  Patients' anxiety was predicted by the family's avoidance of cancer communication and the level of emotional support from family. Patients' depression was predicted by the stage of cancer (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results), the family's avoidance of cancer communication, the emotional support from family, and the medical professionals' respect. Interaction effects were not statistically significant.
  
  
  
  The implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the psycho-oncological and psycho-social interventions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Utah Asia Campus, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ansuk
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine/Cancer Survivorship Clinic, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. dwshin.snuh@gmail.com.|Laboratory of Health Promotion and Health Behavior, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. dwshin.snuh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dong Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Chungbuk Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheong-ju, Korea.|Cancer Policy Branch, National Cancer Control Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Cancer Policy Branch, National Cancer Control Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung Kook
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Cancer Policy Branch, National Cancer Control Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea. jonghyock@chungbuk.ac.kr.|College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheong-ju, Korea. jonghyock@chungbuk.ac.kr.|Graduate School of Health Science Business Convergence, Chungbuk National University, Cheong-ju, Korea. jonghyock@chungbuk.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jong-Hyock
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: anxiety and depression; cancer communication; medical professionals' support; oncology; patients with cancer; social support