Vilka former av stöd främjar den psykiska hälsan hos kvinnor med bröstcancer : En litteraturstudie

Sammanfattning: Background: Today breast cancer is most common form of cancer related diseases among women. It has been shown that the disease may result in mental suffering.  Aim: To review what kind of psychological support for mental illness that women with breast cancer experience most effective. Method: This study was made as a descriptive study. To answer the issues of this study 15 original articles was used. To find relevant articles the authors used the two databases CINAHL and PubMed. Results: All studies that examined different kinds of relaxation methods showed significant positive effect on the variables anxiety, distress and depression. Out of the three articles that concerned physical training there was one that found significant improvements in the categories anxiety and depression. The study that investigated massage as a method to promote psychological wellbeing showed an improvement in quality of life and relaxation. Four studies viewed the effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Of those three showed that CBT did have a positive effect on psychological wellbeing. Four studies tested whether support groups had effect on psychological health. One of the studies demonstrated that this kind of intervention could lower the amount of suppressed feelings. None of the studies that examined educational interventions showed any significant effects. Finally, two studies presented study results of phone counseling. One of these studies showed that it had a short-term effect on mood, but this effect diminished in a later follow-up. Conclusions: There was no clear answer how to encourage psychological wellbeing among patients with breast cancer. Despite that the result showed that certain interventions had some effect and thus these interventions should further be investigated.