Dale, H., Ozakinci, G., Adair, P. & Humphris, G. (2014) British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK. 3 - 5 December 2014 [SLS]

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Introduction:

• Men with cancer suffer worse mortality and morbidity rates than women.
• Men seek less help than women for health problems regardless of disease type, which can lead to poorer symptom awareness or slower medical advice seeking, late diagnoses (White, Thomson & Forman, 2009), not accessing support (Lee and Owens, 2002), and not making preventative lifestyle changes (Wilkins et al, 2008).
• Psychological barriers, pressures around masculinity, and wider cultural norms may also contribute to less help seeking (Robertson, 2007).
• Age, marital status, living alone, cancer type, geographical location, deprivation, and cancer trajectory seem to be important in a range of health-related domains (e.g., distress, psychological health, and practicing good health behaviours.

Aim:

To identify which demographic and disease variables may be indicators of low social support, depression, anxiety, distress and poorer health behaviours in men with cancer.

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