Self-Advocacy Among Women With Uterine Malignancies.

Background: Self-advocacy plays a crucial role in the mental health and treatment outcomes of oncology patients, particularly those with uterine malignancies. Despite its significance, research on the self-advocacy levels and influencing factors among Chinese patients with uterine malignancies remai...

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Published in:Nursing Research Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 186 - 193
Main Authors: Chen, Xiaojie, Xu, Xiaohan, Du, Yunhong, Liu, Wei, Zhang, Xiao, Wang, Li
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Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins May/Jun2025
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          Chen, Xiaojie
          Xu, Xiaohan
          Du, Yunhong
          Liu, Wei
          Zhang, Xiao
          Wang, Li
        affil: Xiaojie Chen, BSN, RN, is Student, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China.
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          Self-Advocacy Evaluation
          Women's Health Evaluation
          Uterine Neoplasms Psychosocial Factors
          Hardiness Evaluation
          Sociodemographic Factors Evaluation
          Decision Making, Patient Psychosocial Factors
          Human
          Female
          Middle Age
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Cancer Patients Psychosocial Factors
          Mental Health
          China
          Inpatients Psychosocial Factors
          Tertiary Health Care
          Convenience Sample
          Questionnaires
          Scales
          Cancer Survivors Psychosocial Factors
          Random Forest
          Insurance, Health
          Educational Status
          Residence Characteristics
          Multiple Linear Regression
          Family
          Income
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Descriptive Research
          Neoplasm Staging
          Severity of Illness
          Sexual Health
          Abortion, Induced Psychosocial Factors
          Uterine Neoplasms Therapy
          Disease Duration
          Communication
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          Stress, Psychological
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          Post Hoc Analysis
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
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          Correlational Studies
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
      ab: Background: Self-advocacy plays a crucial role in the mental health and treatment outcomes of oncology patients, particularly those with uterine malignancies. Despite its significance, research on the self-advocacy levels and influencing factors among Chinese patients with uterine malignancies remains limited. Objectives: To assess the self-advocacy levels among Chinese patients with uterine malignancies and identify the demographic, psychological resilience, and decision self-efficacy factors that influence self-advocacy. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from March 1 to September 1, 2023, involving 220 inpatients with uterine malignancies from three tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province, China. Participants were recruited using convenience sampling and completed the General Information Questionnaire, Female Cancer Survivorship Self-advocacy Scale, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, and Decision Self-efficacy Scale. Results: The average self-advocacy score among participants was 59.44 ± 10.14. Significant positive correlations were found between self-advocacy, psychological resilience, and decision self-efficacy. The random forest algorithm identified decision self-efficacy, psychological resilience, family average income, type of medical insurance, educational level, and residence as the six most important influencing factors, with the optimal model performance observed when lambda (λ) = 1.191. Multiple linear regression analysis further confirmed that decision self-efficacy, psychologic resilience, family average income, educational level, and residence were significant predictors of self-advocacy. Discussion: The self-advocacy levels of Chinese patients with uterine malignancies were relatively low, with decision self-efficacy, psychological resilience, and socioeconomic factors significantly influencing their self-advocacy abilities. Future targeted interventions should focus on enhancing patients' decision self-efficacy and psychological resilience, thereby guiding them to actively respond and participate in decision-making, ultimately improving self-advocacy among patients with uterine malignancies.
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