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5098.4 Experience of functional post-treatment symptoms and uncertainty, fear of recurrence,
and psychological suffering in European American and African American breast cancer survivors,
Lotte Thomsen, Saskia Subramanian, Rosemary Jean Cadigan, Georgia Amalia Scheele,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Initial intake interviews with standard clinical measures and subsequent in-depth qualitative were
conducted with 75 European American and African American breast cancer survivors who
experience functional post-treatment symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive problems and pain.
Qualitative analysis demonstrates that the women worry profoundly that symptoms are signs of
recurrence which cause them great distress. Quantitative analysis of standard clinical tests
demonstrates that the process may be a vicious circle in that Fear of Recurrence and Uncertainty
in Illness predict PTSD, depression, anxiety, and stress scores, which in turn predict experience of
the major post-treatment symptom of fatigue.
5099 ORAL
Health psychology
Chair: Irasema Del Pilar Castell Ruiz, Mexico
5099.1 Self-reported anxiety symptoms and their correlates in recruits during the basic military
training, Zhongyuan Yu, China
Objective: To investigate the characteristic of anxiety symptoms and their correlates in land army
recruits. Methods: BAI and Adult EPQ were administrated to 1432 recruits during the basic
military training. Self-compiled biographical variables of recruits were collected before the
training. Results: The BAI score before the training was the highest, then that at the 1st month
training and the 2nd month training respectively. Conclusion: Anxiety symptoms before the
training were obvious, a small number of recruits suffered from anxiety symptoms, anxiety
symptoms were affected mainly by such factors as mental stress before the training and
personality trait.
5099.2 Evaluation of the effectiveness of a lifeskills curriculum in enhancing HIV/AIDS
risk-reduction behaviour among high school learners, Beverley Bell 1 , Karl Heslop 2 , 1 Western
Cape Department of Education, South Africa, 2 University of the Western Cape, South Africa
This study determined and described knowledge regarding AIDS/HIV, attitudes towards AIDS and
people with AIDS among a convenience sample of learners in the Cape Metropolitan area.
Secondly, a Life Skills Training Intervention was implemented to evaluate the relative
effectiveness of the Health Wise Life Skills curriculum on the sample of learners’ knowledge,
attitudes and behaviour regarding AIDS/ HIV. Results indicate that the intervention significantly
increased knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS and other risky sexual behaviour, improved attitudes
towards AIDS and People with AIDS and reduced HIV - risky behaviour and enhanced risk -
reduction behaviour. Implications for practice are addressed.
5099.3 Some representations on health from a focus group study: Some observtions from India
(Bihar), Jyoti Verma, Patna University, India
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