Worrying about the children after breast cancer: the association between age of the youngest child and mom’s need to talk — ASN Events

Worrying about the children after breast cancer: the association between age of the youngest child and mom’s need to talk (#642)

Karin Stinesen-Kollberg 1 , Thordis Thorsteinsdottir 1 , Ulrica Wilderäng 1 , Gunnar Steineck 1
  1. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Objective: This study investigated the association between worrying about own children and low psychological well-being during the year that follows breast cancer.

Method: In an observational population-based study, we collected data from 313 women operated for breast cancer at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. 

Results: Worrying about own children (3-7 on a 1-7 visual digital scale) was, among other variables, most significantly associated with low psychological well-being one year after breast cancer surgery (relative risk (RR) 2.63; 95% CI 1.77-3.90; Posterior probability value 98.8%).

Conclusions:  In this group of women operated for breast cancer we found an association between worrying about one’s own children and low psychological well-being.

Keywords: cancer; children; parenting; psychological well-being;