Illness Representations and Treatment Adherence in Patients with Acute Leukemia and Lymphoma

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between of perceptions of illness and its causes, body and health, and illness behavior in relation to treatment adherence in patients with acute leukemia and lymphoma. We present one empirical study involving lymphoma patients (N=58) aged 19 to 64 years (M=41.22; SD=11.17), of whom 70.7% were female, and acute leukemia patients (N=51) aged 18 to 64 years (M=35.12; SD=12.90), of whom 54.9% were female. Participants completed the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R), the Cognitions about body and health questionnaire (CABAH), the Scale for the Assessment of Illness Behavior (SAIB) and 4-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale. The results suggest that patients with lymphoma are at risk for decreased treatment adherence compared to patients with acute leukemia. In acute leukemia, the targets of psychological work aimed at preventing reduced adherence to treatment are patients' perceptions of the psychological causes of the disease and their belief that healthy habits are not important for maintaining health, while in patients with lymphomas — uncertainty that immune problems could provoke the disease.

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Keywords: treatment adherence, illness beliefs, illness perceptions, acute leukemia, lymphoma, illness behavior, body and health beliefs

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2024130106

Funding. The authors declare the absence of external funding for the research and publication of the article.

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Received: 17.12.2023

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For citation: Esina L.V., Vybornykh D.E., Rasskazova E.I., Gemdzhian E.G., Zvonkov E.E., Lukyanova I.A., Moiseeva T.N., Magomedova A.U. Illness Representations and Treatment Adherence in Patients with Acute Leukemia and Lymphoma [Elektronnyi resurs]. Klinicheskaia i spetsial'naia psikhologiia = Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 2024. Vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 87–104. DOI: 10.17759/cpse.2024130106. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Liubov V. Esina, Assistant at the Department of Pedagogy and Medical Psychology of Institute of Psychological and Social Work, I..M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Medical psychologist of the Laboratory for the Study of Mental and Neurological Disorders in Diseases of the Blood System, The NMRC for Hematology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-5694, e-mail: esina.lv@mail.ru

Dmitriy E. Vybornykh, Doctor of Medicine, The Head of the Laboratory for the Study of Mental and Neurological Disorders in Diseases of the Blood System, The National Medical Research Centre for Haematology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7506-4947, e-mail: dvyb@yandex.ru

Elena I. Rasskazova, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Department of Neuro- and Patopsychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Researcher,Mental Health Research Center, Senior Researcher, International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9648-5238, e-mail: e.i.rasskazova@gmail.com

Eduard G. Gemdzhian, Biostatistician of the Laboratory for the Study of Mental and Neurological Disorders in Diseases of the Blood System, The NMRC for Hematology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8357-977X, e-mail: edstat@mail.ru

Еvgeny E. Zvonkov, Doctor of Medicine, Head of the Division of Lymphoproliferative Diseases, The NMRC for Hematology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2639-7419, e-mail: dr.zvonkov@gmail.com

Irina A. Lukyanova, PhD in Medicine, Head of the Day Hospital of Oncology and Chemotherapy of Hemoblastosis and Hematopoietic Depressions, The NMRC for Hematology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8337-2242, e-mail: Irina.Donskova99@mail.ru

Tatiana N. Moiseeva, PhD in Medicine, Head of the Clinical and Diagnostic Department of Hematology and Chemotherapy with Day Hospital, The NMRC for Hematology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9591-8508, e-mail: taniamoiseeva@mail.ru

Aminat U. Magomedova, Doctor of Medicine, Hemаtologist of the Department of Chemotherapy of Lymphatic Tumors with Bone Marrow and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit with Day Hospital, The NMRC for Hematology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4263-8275, e-mail: maminat@mail.ru

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