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Cancer patient utilisation of psychological care in Germany : The role of attitudes towards seeking help

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Leppin, Nico ; Nagelschmidt, Katharina ; Koch, Martin ; Riera-Knorrenschild, Jorge ; Seifart, Carola ; Rief, Winfried ; Barke, Antonia ; von Blanckenburg, Pia:
Cancer patient utilisation of psychological care in Germany : The role of attitudes towards seeking help.
In: European journal of cancer care. 28 (2019) 6. - S. 13165.
ISSN 1365-2354 ; 0961-5423

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OBJECTIVE
Even if significantly distressed, many patients with cancer do not seek psychological help. There is growing evidence that attitudes are central barriers for help-seeking, and instruments to assess cancer patients' attitudes towards help-seeking are urgently needed. This study aimed to evaluate the German Attitudes towards Seeking Help after Cancer Scale (ASHCa-G) and investigated the relationship between patients' attitudes and psychological care utilisation.

METHODS

The ASHCa-G was presented to 270 patients with cancer (age 63.0~<span class='mathrm'>±</span>~12.7~years, 44.8% women). Item analyses, principal component analysis and associations with age, social support, help-seeking intention and psychological care utilisation were calculated. A hierarchical logistic regression was performed to ascertain the leading role of attitudes in explaining psychological care utilisation.

RESULTS

Principal component analysis supported a two-component solution, which showed good internal consistency for the positive attitudes (<span class='textgre'>e</span>ka~=~0.80) and negative attitudes (<span class='textgre'>e</span>ka~=~0.75) subscales. The associations with age, distress and help-seeking intention confirmed the validity of the ASHCa-G. Positive attitudes explained most variance of cancer patients' current psychological care utilisation.

CONCLUSION

The ASHCa-G seems to be a reliable and valid questionnaire for assessing attitudes towards seeking psychological help among patients with cancer. Clinical practice might profit from identifying attitudinal barriers that hinder patients with cancer from seeking psychological help.

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Publikationsform:Artikel
Institutionen der Universität:Philosophisch-Pädagogische Fakultät > Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Klinische und Biologische Psychologie
DOI / URN / ID:10.1111/ecc.13165
Open Access: Freie Zugänglichkeit des Volltexts?:Ja
Peer-Review-Journal:Ja
Verlag:Wiley-Blackwell
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Titel an der KU entstanden:Nein
KU.edoc-ID:23641
Eingestellt am: 18. Dez 2019 08:49
Letzte Änderung: 09. Feb 2022 15:37
URL zu dieser Anzeige: https://edoc.ku.de/id/eprint/23641/
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