Abstract

Adjustment to illness is a multi-dimensional and difficult process for many patients facing a life-threatening illness, such as prostate cancer. Adjustment encompasses changes in social interactions, physical limitations and role function (Germino et al., 1998; Hoskins et ah, 1996). Information-seeking and the reporting of pain promote adjustment and are explained by the Roy Adaptation Model (Boston Based Adaptation Research in Nursing Society, 1999); which was used as a framework for this study. As the United States becomes more ethnically diverse, nurses are challenged to care for patients from different ethnic backgrounds. The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore ethnic differences in self-reporting of pain (Brief Pain Inventory, BPI; Cleeland & Ryan, 1994), information-seeking behavior (Krantz Health Opinion Survey, KHOS; Krantz et ah, 1980) and adjustment (Psychosocial Adjustment Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. to Illness Scale, PAIS; Derogatis & Derogatis, 1990), in Japanese American and European American men, treated for prostate cancer.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3289582; ProQuest document ID: 304839112. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Mildred Ortu Kowalski, PhD

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Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Asian Americans, Prostate Cancer, Pain

Advisor

Judith Haber

Second Advisor

Wendy C. Budin

Third Advisor

Barbara Kranovich-Miller

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

New York University

Degree Year

2007

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2017-03-01

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