1. Cordova MJ, Giese-Davis J, Golant M, Kronenwetter C, Chang V, Spiegel D. Breast cancer as trauma: Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2007;14(4):308-19. [DOI:10.1007/s10880-007-9083-6]

2. Kindig DA, Panzer AM, Nielsen-Bohlman L. Health literacy: a prescription to end confusion: National Academies Press; 2004.

3. Sajjadi M, Rassouli M, Abbaszadeh A, Majd HA, Zendehdel K. Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Scale in Patients with Cancer. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2014;18(1):52-7. [DOI:10.1016/j.ejon.2013.09.006] [PMID]

4. Thornton AA, Perez MA. Posttraumatic growth in prostate cancer survivors and their partners. Psycho‐Oncology: Journal of the Psychological, Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Cancer. 2006;15(4):285-96. [DOI:10.1002/pon.953] [PMID]

5. Love C, Sabiston CM. Exploring the links between physical activity and posttraumatic growth in young adult cancer survivors. Psycho‐Oncology. 2011;20(3):278-86. [DOI:10.1002/pon.1733] [PMID]

6. Tedeschi RG, Park CL, Calhoun LG. Posttraumatic growth: Positive changes in the aftermath of crisis: Routledge; 1998. [DOI:10.4324/9781410603401]

7. Hartman D, Zimberoff D. Posttraumatic growth and thriving with heart-centered therapies. Journal of Heart Centered Therapies. 2007;10(1):65.

8. Rippentrop AE, Altmaier EM, Chen JJ, Found EM, Keffala VJ. The relationship between religion/spirituality and physical health, mental health, and pain in a chronic pain population. Pain. 2005;116(3):311-21. [DOI:10.1016/j.pain.2005.05.008] [PMID]

9. Jaafari A, Dehshiri G, Sohrabi F, Najafi M. Investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being and mental health. Counseling News and Research. 2009;8: 33-48.

10. Saranjit S, Lennard L. Health literacy: being able to make the most of health: National Consumer Council; 2004.

11. Arozullah AM, Lee SYD, Khan T, Kurup S, Ryan J, Bonner M, et al. The roles of low literacy and social support in predicting the preventability of hospital admission. Journal of general internal medicine. 2006;21(2):140-5. [DOI:10.1007/s11606-006-0248-z] [PMID] [PMCID]

12. Tehrani Banihashemi S, Amir Khani A, Haghdoust A, Alavian M, Asghari Fard H, Baradaran H. Health literacy in five province and relative effective factors. Strides in Development of Medical Education. 2007;4(1):1-9.

13. Nekoei-Moghadam M PS, Amiresmaili M, Baneshi M. Health Literacy and Utilization of health Services in Kerman urban Area 2011. . Tolue Behdasht Journal. 2012;11(14):123-34.

14. Reisi M MF, Hasanzadeh A, Sharifirad Gh. The Relationship between Health Literacy, Health Status and Healthy Behaviors among Elderly in Isfahan. Journal of Health Systems Research. 2011;7(4):1-12.

15. Tol A, Pourreza A, Tavasoli E, Rahimi Foroshani A. Determination of knowledge and health literacy among women with type 2 diabetes in teaching hospitals of TUMS. Journal of Hospital. 2012;11(3).

16. Peyman N, Abdollahi M. The relationship between health literacy and self-efficacy physical activity in postpartum women. Journal of Health Literacy. 2016;1(1):5-12.

17. Fang MC, Machtinger EL, Wang F, Schillinger D. Health literacy and anticoagulation-related outcomes among patients taking warfarin. Journal of general internal medicine. 2006;21(8):841-6. [DOI:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00537.x] [PMID] [PMCID]

18. Chew LD, Bradley KA, Boyko EJ. Brief questions to identify patients with inadequate health literacy. health. 2004;11:12.

19. Williams MV, Davis T, Parker RM, Weiss BD. The role of health literacy in patient-physician communication. Family Medicine -Kansas City. 2002;34(5):383-9.

20. Edwards M, Wood F, Davies M, Edwards A. The development of health literacy in patients with a long-term health condition: the health literacy pathway model. BMC public health. 2012;12(1):130. [DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-12-130] [PMID] [PMCID]

21. Tedeschi RG, Calhoun LG. The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: Measuring the positive legacy of trauma. Journal of traumatic stress. 1996;9(3):455-71. [DOI:10.1002/jts.2490090305]

22. Montazeri A,Tavousi M, Rakhshani F,Azin A, Jahangiri K, Ebadi M, Naderimagham Sh,Soleymanian A, Sarbandi F, Motamedi A, Nghibi Sistani M. Design and psychometrics of the health literacy tool of the urban population of Iran, 18 to 65 years. Quarterly Journal. 2014; 13 (5): 599-89.

23. Widows MR, Jacobsen PB, Booth-Jones M, Fields KK. Predictors of posttraumatic growth following bone marrow transplantation for cancer. Health psychology. 2005;24(3):266. [DOI:10.1037/0278-6133.24.3.266] [PMID]

24. Sharma A ZJ. Predictors of Post traumatic growth among breast cancer patients in Nepal. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences.2017;4(2):9-17. [DOI:10.21276/apjhs.2017.4.2.3]

25. Heidarzadeh M, Rassouli M, Shahbolaghi FM, Majd HA, Karam A-M, Mirzaee H, et al. Posttraumatic growth and its dimensions in patients with cancer. Middle East Journal of Cancer. 2014;5(1):23-9.

26. Behzadi M, Rassouli M, Mojen LK, Pourhoseingholi MA, Karahroudy FA. Posttraumatic Growth and Its Dimensions in the Mothers of Children with Cancer. International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery. 2018;6(3):209-17.

27. Rahmani A MR, Ferguson C, Golizadeh L, Zirak M, Chavoshi H. Posttraumatic growth in Iranian cancer patients. Indian J Cancer. 2012;49: 287 - 92. [DOI:10.4103/0019-509X.104489] [PMID]

28. Cormio C, Muzzatti B, Romito F, Mattioli V, Annunziata MA. Posttraumatic growth and cancer: a study 5 years after treatment end. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2017;25(4):1087-96. [DOI:10.1007/s00520-016-3496-4] [PMID] [PMCID]

29. Heidarzadeh M DB, Gholchin M . Post-traumatic growth, hope, and depression in elderly cancer patients. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Science. 2016;5(9):455-61.

30. Karami A, Kahrazei F. The role of Daily Spiritual Experiences in the Hope and Posttraumatic Growth among Patients with Leukemia. 2018. [DOI:10.29252/jhsme.5.2.23]

31. Egan R LR, Wood S, Doherty J, Albert T, Walsh C, Atkinson K,, Kerslake aP. The Cancer Stories Project: narratives of encounters with cancer in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Psycho-Oncology. 2016:300-7. [DOI:10.1002/pon.3914] [PMID]

32. Davis TC, Williams MV, Marin E, Parker RM, Glass J. Health literacy and cancer communication. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. 2002;52(3):134-49. [DOI:10.3322/canjclin.52.3.134] [PMID]

33. Busch EL, Martin C, DeWalt DA, Sandler RS. Functional health literacy, chemotherapy decisions, and outcomes among a colorectal cancer cohort. Cancer Control.2015;22(1):95-101. [DOI:10.1177/107327481502200112] [PMID] [PMCID]

34. Morris NS, Field TS, Wagner JL, Cutrona SL, Roblin DW, Gaglio B, et al. The association between health literacy and cancer-related attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge. Journal of health communication. 2013;18(sup1):223-41. [DOI:10.1080/10810730.2013.825667] [PMID] [PMCID]

35. Greup SR, Kaal SE, Jansen R, Manten-Horst E, Thong MS, van der Graaf WT, et al. Post-traumatic growth and resilience in adolescent and young adult cancer patients: an overview. Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology. 2018;7(1):1-14. [DOI:10.1089/jayao.2017.0040] [PMID]

36. Yorulmaz H, Bayraktar S, Özdilli K. Posttraumatic growth in chronic kidney failure disease. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2010;5:2313-9. [DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.456]

37. Bahrami M, Taleghani F, Loripoor M, Yousefy A. Positive changes after breast cancer: A qualitative study. Journal of education and health promotion. 2015;4. [DOI:10.4103/2277-9531.162353] [PMID] [PMCID]