TABLE 3.
Summary of included studies with statistically significant associations.
Psychological factors | Breast cancer studies | Lung cancer studies |
Trauma | Jacobs and Bovasso, 2000; Lillberg et al., 2003; Schoemaker et al., 2016 | |
Grief | Jasmin et al., 1990 | |
Depression | Gallo et al., 2000; Jacobs and Bovasso, 2000; Montazeri et al., 2004; Ollonen et al., 2005; Hung et al., 2014 | Knekt et al., 1996; Pennix et al., 1998; Goldacre et al., 2007; Hung et al., 2014; Trudel-Fitzgerald et al., 2020 |
All studies presented show statistically significant associations, p < 0.05. Twenty-six studies were analyzed.