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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2005;28(4):320–332. doi: 10.1097/00012272-200510000-00004

Table 2.

Selected hypotheses from cancer study

  1. Participants receiving either of the interventions will have

    1. higher psychosocial functioning as evidenced by

      1. lower perceived stress levels,

      2. more effective coping strategies,

      3. higher spirituality,

      4. greater social support,

      5. greater inner strength,

      6. less depressive symptomatology, and

      7. greater sense of benefit through the cancer experience;

    2. higher quality of life; and

    3. attenuated stress-related neuroendocrine mediation.

  2. Given that psychoneuroimmunological relationships in the context of cancer will be confounded by the immunosuppressive effects of chemotherapy, and controlling for chemotherapy regimens, participants receiving either intervention will have attenuated immunological dysfunction and better physical health status, as evidenced by

    1. higher natural killer cell and lymphokine activated killer cell cytotoxic activity;

    2. cellular production of type 1 and type 2 cytokines more closely approximating normal patterns;

    3. higher lymphocyte proliferative function; and

    4. higher cancer-related health status.