TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and associated factors of perceived cancer-related stigma in Japanese cancer survivors
AU - Fujisawa, Daisuke
AU - Umezawa, Shino
AU - Fujimori, Maiko
AU - Miyashita, Mitsunori
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Grant-in-Aid from Japanese Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study aimed to examine the prevalence and associated factors of perceived cancer-related stigma among Japanese cancer survivors. In this web-based survey involving 628 Japanese cancer survivors, perceived cancer-related stigma, quality of life (Quality of Life-Cancer Survivors Instrument), psychological distress (K6) and perceived social support (multidimensional scale of perceived social support) were evaluated. Perceived cancer-related stigma was endorsed by 61.2% of the participants. Perceived cancer-related stigma was significantly associated with quality of life (R = 0.35-0.37), psychological distress (R = 0.35) and perceived social support (R = 0.10). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that cancer survivors at younger ages (odds ratio = 0.96), with low income (odds ratio = 2.49), with poorer performance status (odds ratio = 2.33), and with breast, urinary or gynecological cancers (odds ratio = 4.27, 4.01, 4.01, respectively) were at higher risk for perceived cancer-related stigma.
AB - This study aimed to examine the prevalence and associated factors of perceived cancer-related stigma among Japanese cancer survivors. In this web-based survey involving 628 Japanese cancer survivors, perceived cancer-related stigma, quality of life (Quality of Life-Cancer Survivors Instrument), psychological distress (K6) and perceived social support (multidimensional scale of perceived social support) were evaluated. Perceived cancer-related stigma was endorsed by 61.2% of the participants. Perceived cancer-related stigma was significantly associated with quality of life (R = 0.35-0.37), psychological distress (R = 0.35) and perceived social support (R = 0.10). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that cancer survivors at younger ages (odds ratio = 0.96), with low income (odds ratio = 2.49), with poorer performance status (odds ratio = 2.33), and with breast, urinary or gynecological cancers (odds ratio = 4.27, 4.01, 4.01, respectively) were at higher risk for perceived cancer-related stigma.
KW - Discrimination
KW - Disparity
KW - Inequity
KW - Stigma
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U2 - 10.1093/JJCO/HYAA135
DO - 10.1093/JJCO/HYAA135
M3 - Article
C2 - 32776092
AN - SCOPUS:85094220866
SN - 0368-2811
VL - 50
SP - 1325
EP - 1329
JO - Japanese journal of clinical oncology
JF - Japanese journal of clinical oncology
IS - 11
ER -
