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Volume 16, Issue 3 (Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases 2023)
ijbd 2023, 16(3): 65-79 |
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Mohammadinia N, Nasehi A, Niusha B. Predicting Health Anxiety Based on Intolerance of Uncertainty: Investigating the Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Cyberchondria in Breast Cancer Survivors. ijbd 2023; 16 (3) :65-79
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1- Department of psychology, Islamic Azad University of Saveh, Saveh, Iran
2- Department of Medicine Educational and Rehabilitation, Iran-Helal Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran , Dr_nasehi@yahoo.com
2- Department of Medicine Educational and Rehabilitation, Iran-Helal Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran , Dr_nasehi@yahoo.com
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Introduction: Women recovering from breast cancer frequently worry about relapse, leading to severe impairment in their quality of life and economic burdens of treatment. Therefore, the current study attempted to predict health anxiety in patients recovering from breast cancer based on the intolerance of uncertainty and the mediating roles of cognitive flexibility and cyberchondria.
Methods: This descriptive correlational study included 196 patients with breast cancer referred to Hazrat Rasool Akram, Bazarganan, and Tarbiat Modares Hospitals for post-treatment follow-up and Rahe_Aramesh and Sepid clinics in Tehran for psychotherapy. In this research study, the convenience sampling method was employed. Questionnaires (Freeston et al. (1994), Salkovskis health anxiety (1989), McElroy and Shevline cyberchondria (2014), and Dennis and Vander wal's (2010) cognitive flexibility) were used as tools to collect data for this survey. Respondents completed questionnaires in person or online. SPSS-25 and R software were used for data analysis. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling method.
Results: The results of this research indicate that the proposed model is a good fit. There was a positive and significant correlation between intolerance of uncertainty and health anxiety with the mediating role of cyberchondria in individuals recovered from breast cancer (P<0.01). In addition, cyberchondria serves as a positive and significant mediator in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and health anxiety (P <0.01).
Conclusion: To improve anxiety, psychological interventions in breast cancer patients should target factors such as intolerance of ambiguity, cognitive flexibility, and cyberchondria.
Methods: This descriptive correlational study included 196 patients with breast cancer referred to Hazrat Rasool Akram, Bazarganan, and Tarbiat Modares Hospitals for post-treatment follow-up and Rahe_Aramesh and Sepid clinics in Tehran for psychotherapy. In this research study, the convenience sampling method was employed. Questionnaires (Freeston et al. (1994), Salkovskis health anxiety (1989), McElroy and Shevline cyberchondria (2014), and Dennis and Vander wal's (2010) cognitive flexibility) were used as tools to collect data for this survey. Respondents completed questionnaires in person or online. SPSS-25 and R software were used for data analysis. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling method.
Results: The results of this research indicate that the proposed model is a good fit. There was a positive and significant correlation between intolerance of uncertainty and health anxiety with the mediating role of cyberchondria in individuals recovered from breast cancer (P<0.01). In addition, cyberchondria serves as a positive and significant mediator in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and health anxiety (P <0.01).
Conclusion: To improve anxiety, psychological interventions in breast cancer patients should target factors such as intolerance of ambiguity, cognitive flexibility, and cyberchondria.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation
Received: 2023/08/13 | Accepted: 2023/09/14 | Published: 2023/10/23
Received: 2023/08/13 | Accepted: 2023/09/14 | Published: 2023/10/23
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