Cancer-Relevant Self-Efficacy Is Related to Better Health-Related Quality of Life and Lower Cancer-Specific Distress and Symptom Burden Among Latina Breast Cancer Survivors.

Sharon H Baik Laura B Oswald Diana Buitrago Joanna Buscemi Francisco Iacobelli Alejandra Perez-Tamayo Judith GuitelmanAlma DiazFrank J Penedo Betina Yanez

Published in: International journal of behavioral medicine (2020)

Results demonstrate that cancer-relevant self-efficacy is a significant correlate of general and domain-specific HRQOL, breast cancer symptom burden, and cancer-specific distress among Latina BCS. Future interventions in this population should target cancer-relevant self-efficacy as a possible mechanism to improve HRQOL outcomes and survivorship experiences for Latina BCS.

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