Differences in coping styles could be mainly related to age and social factors. Individual coping strategies seem only to be little related to the type of brain pathology.
The coping strategies of our patients are comparable with other cancer patients. They are mainly characterized by "self-encouragement", "compliance" and "trust in the treating physician". Anxiety was low and showed no significant changes. Depressivity was higher than in the normal population, however, it also showed no significant changes in the course of therapy. Quality of life scores remained constant, despite an increase of fatigue. In our patients with malignant glioma, the influence of radiation on coping, anxiety, depression and quality of life seems insignificant in comparison to that of the diagnosis of cancer.
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