Psychosocial influences on 305 adults' survival after bone marrow transplantation

Do negative or positive emotions differentially impact mortality after adult stem cell transplant?

“…To the contrary, as indicated in the column 'Disadvantageous prognostic factors' in Table 3, seven studies [14][15][16]18,19,22,23 reported a negative relationship between depressive symptomatology and survival: those with more depressive symptomatology had shorter survival. Out of these seven studies, two studies employed non-validated psychological measures retrospectively; 22,23 the remaining five were prospective studies that included depressed mood in the multivariate analysis.…”

Um estudo comparativo entre características de personalidade de universitários fumantes, ex-fumantes e não-fumantes

“…5 There are several studies in the literature associating tobacco consumption and novelty seeking, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, impulsivity, aggressiveness, shyness, social alienation, self-esteem, as well as tendency to present anti-social, non conventional and risk behaviors, locus of control, and hostility, among others. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] A general overview on studies already developed on the topic show that smokers are more extravert, tense, anxious, depressive and impulsive than non-smokers or ex-smokers. Yet, they present increased traits of neuroticism, psychoticism, hostility, sensation seeking, and tendencies to anti-social, non-conventional and risky behaviors, as well as novelty seeking and mood disorders symptoms.…”

Having a sibling as donor: Patients' experiences immediately before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

“…Another research goal in QoL is the development of patient-orientated rehabilitation, or recovery programs (Baumann et al, 2010;Pidala et al, 2010). Furthermore, studies have shown that psychological factors may have predictive value for survival following HSCT, and psychosocial as well as QoL indices can be used as predictors of response to cancer treatment (Andrykowski et al, 1994;Hoodin et al, 2004). This could represent a step forward in a meaningful involvement of patients in clinical decision making.…”