Perceived Emotional Intelligence, Subjective Well-Being, Perceived Stress, Engagement and Academic Achievement of Adolescents // Inteligencia emocional percibida, bienestar subjetivo, estrés percibido, engagement y rendimiento académico en adolescentes

Objetivo: Analizar la situación laboral, así como variables sociodemográficas (edad, sexo, estado civil y titulación) relacionadas con el cáncer (tipo de cáncer, estrategia de tratamiento primario y fase de supervivencia) en supervivientes españoles de cáncer. Método y procedimiento: Estudio transversal sobre una muestra heterogénea de 772 supervivientes de cáncer de inicio en la edad adulta en edad laboral. Se realizaron análisis correlacionales y de regresión logística para estudiar la capacidad predictiva de las variables sociodemográficas y relacionadas con el cáncer sobre la situación laboral y la posible modulación de los resultados por la CVRS evaluada mediante el QLACS. Resultados: Sólo el 55% de los supervivientes de cáncer estaban empleados. La edad, la cualificación y el tipo de cáncer fueron predictores independientes de la situación laboral, así como de la fase de supervivencia en los supervivientes con una CVRS baja. Conclusiones: Un alto porcentaje de supervivientes en edad laboral no vuelve a trabajar tras la experiencia oncológica. Algunas variables sociodemográficas y relacionadas con la enfermedad pueden ayudar a la identificación precoz de la población de riesgo en la que centrar la atención.

Objective: This multicentre study investigates unmet supportive care needs (SCNs) among cancer survivors in Spain and analyses sociodemographic and cancer-related risk factors. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used with 1862 cancer survivors aged 18–92 years who had completed primary treatment with curative intent and were disease-free. Participants responded to the Cancer Survivors’ Unmet Needs (CaSUN) questionnaire. Descriptive and multivariate analyses explored SCNs in the total sample and subgroups, as well as differences according to sociodemographic and cancer-related variables. Results: At least 20% of participants reported 18 needs out of a total of 35 identified by the CaSUN questionnaire. One-third to half reported needs in the comprehensive care and information domain. Risk factors for reporting more needs included younger age; female sex; not having a partner; being on sick leave or unemployed; having a diagnosis of haematological, breast or gynaecological cancer; receiving systemic treatment (chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy); and being at an earlier stage of survival. Conclusions: The study highlights significant unmet care needs among cancer survivors in Spain and the urgency of improving management of the physical and psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment. Special attention should be given to those at greatest risk through personalised and comprehensive care strategies integrated into survivorship programs.

Age has a significant bearing on health beliefs related to participating in breast cancer screening programs. This study is aimed at analyzing the breast cancer-related beliefs and attitudes influencing screening program participation among different age groups. In a transversal study, a comparison is drawn between the health-related beliefs of a group of women participating in a screening program and a group of non-participating women, taking into account three age ranges (under age 50 (N = 279), 50-60 age range (N = 463), and over age 60 (N = 271). Some variables significantly differ between the participating and non-participating women solely in certain subgroups: perceived severity (50-60 age group: F = 5.14; p < 0.01); perceived benefits (under age 50: F = 8, 18; p < 0.01; over age 60: F = 4.54; p < .05); mammogram-related attitude (under age 50: F = 56.67; p? .001; over age 60: F = 18.42; p < 0.001); professional health checkups (under age 50: F = 11.30: p < 0.01) and luck or chance (under age 50: F = 3.78; p < 0.05; 50-60 age group: F = 4.29; p < 0.001). More specific beliefs, assessed by items from these scales, are also statistically significant (p < 0.05), although only for certain age groups. Women's breast cancer prevention program participation related beliefs and/or attitudes differ in terms of their age.

The study aims to investigate the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in lung cancer survivors, comparing it with the HRQOL of survivors of other types of cancer, analyzing its association with clinically significant distress, and exploring the modulating role of sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables. A total of 141 lung cancer survivors who had completed treatment with curative intent and were disease-free completed the Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors questionnaire (QLACS), the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18), the Medical Outcomes Study–Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS), and the Utrecht Proactive Coping Competence scale (UPCC). Several multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) were performed to address the study objectives. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0. The overall HRQOL of lung cancer survivors did not differ from the HRQOL of hematologic, breast, and gynaecologic cancer survivors and was lower than that of colorectal, head/neck, prostate, and melanoma cancer survivors. HRQOL was associated with clinically significant distress. Younger age, female sex, lower levels of proactive coping, and less positive social interaction were independently associated with worse HRQOL in lung cancer survivors. The overall HRQOL of lung cancer survivors is among those with the poorest HRQOL compared with other cancer survivors’ groups. The modifiable nature of the psychosocial variables that characterize the risk profile (with the exception of sociodemographic ones) allows for the establishment of more ambitious goals than the simple establishment of subgroups on which to prioritize care. The team of professionals involved in the care of lung cancer survivors should also provide intervention strategies that improve their well-being.