Distress, quality of life, neuroticism and psychological coping are related in head and neck cancer patients during follow-up

Association of personality traits with oral health-related quality of life independently of objective oral health status: A study of community-dwelling elderly Japanese

“…Indeed, Watson and Pennebaker stated that ''individuals high in neuroticism are more likely to over-report physical symptoms and to experience negative emotions in response to difficult circumstances and consequently report a lower QoL.'' 46 Several studies that performed objective health assessments demonstrated associations between self-rated QoL and not only objective assessment measures, but also personality in patients with head and neck cancer 11,47 and colorectal disease. 10 However, until now there has been no evidence of an association among objective oral function, personality traits, and QoL.…”

“…10 In another study, the QoL scores among patients with head and neck cancer were partly predicted by treatment-related factors (e.g., TNM stage and treatment level), but were 2.5 to 10.0 times more closely associated with psychological factors. 11 Several studies in the field of dentistry have demonstrated a relationship between QoL and patient personality. More than 20 years ago, van Waas et al described a relationship between patient satisfaction and psychological factors in wearers of complete dentures.…”

The Norwegian Voice Handicap Index (VHI-N) patient scores are dependent on voice-related disease group

“…HRQoL has become an increasingly studied topic [26] and relate to various aspects of diseases like outcome [27,28], but also to survival [29,30]. As such, it is interesting to note that the voice-related cancer patients in fact, scores with the least pathological value of the various disease groups.…”

Moterų, sergančių krūties vėžiu, asmenybės bruožų bei streso, susijusio su liga, įveikimo strategijų sąsajos su sveikata susijusia gyvenimo kokybe

“…Palyginus gyvenimo kokybės rodiklius skirtingose streso įveikimo strategijas linkusiose naudoti moterų grupėse nustatėme, kad moterys, daţniau naudojančios adaptyvias streso įveikimo strategijas (adaptyvų į problemą nukreipta įveikimą ir adaptyvų į emocijas nukreipta įveikimą), savo gyvenimo kokybę vertina kaip geresnę, palyginus su moterimis, daţniau naudojančiomis maţiau adaptyvias streso įveikimo strategijas. Tai patvirtintina tyrimo, atlikto su onkologinėmis ligomis sergančiais pacientais, rezultatus, kad aukštą neurotizmo lygį turintys asmenys daţniau naudoja vengimo įveikos strategijas, o tai susiję su blogesne subjektyviai vertinama gyvenimo kokybe, ligos simptomų išreikštumu (Aarstad, 2011 2. Jaunesnio amţiaus, aukštąjį išsilavinimą turinčios, gyvenančios su partneriu ir dirbančios, krūties vėţiu sergančios moterys daţniau naudoja adaptyvias streso įveikimo strategijas, palyginus su vyresnio amţiaus, ţemesnį uţ aukštąjį išsilavinimą turinčiomis, gyvenančiomis be partnerio ir nedirbančiomis moterimis.…”