Kamau-Mitchell, Caroline and Lopes, B. (2024) Increased risk of hallucinations among people with cancer: role of loneliness, job satisfaction, sleep and a moderated-mediated model of anxiety and life satisfaction. Journal of Psychiatric Research 180 , pp. 113-120. ISSN 0022-3956.
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Abstract
Being diagnosed with cancer and coping with fears about potential death might trigger acute distress. Previous research found that patients with cancer are 1.85 times more at risk of developing mental illness. Whereas previous studies investigated the risk of schizophrenia, no studies have investigated the risk of individual psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations. This was an analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing involving 7,586 adults of whom 1,082 have cancer. There were 19 (0.3%) who self-reported hallucinations, and logistic regression showed that cancer patients had higher odds of hallucinating. Loneliness, discrimination, poor job satisfaction, poor life satisfaction, anxiety, low level of autonomy/control and having restless sleep were also associated with hallucinations. Cancer patients had higher odds of poor life satisfaction, which was also predicted by loneliness, discrimination, job satisfaction, anxiety symptoms, autonomy/control and restless sleep. Further results of a moderated mediation model showed that cancer, loneliness, and job satisfaction were directly associated with hallucinations, and life satisfaction was a mediator. Anxiety symptoms also moderated the relationships with hallucinations. Cancer is associated with a higher risk of hallucinations, and other aspects of mental wellbeing (e.g., anxiety and life satisfaction) are also important. Interventions are needed which safeguard mental health after cancer diagnosis and during treatment. Keywords: Anxiety; Hallucinations; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Mental illness and cancer.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Medical Humanities, Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Caroline Kamau |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2024 13:08 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2024 20:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/54319 |
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