Personality variables as predictors of early non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients' psychological distress and health-related quality of life: A one-year prospective study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 411-421

  Hyphantis, Thomas ^a   Paika, Vassiliki ^a   Almyroudi, Augoustina ^a   Kampletsas, Eleftherios O ^b   Pavlidis, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Ego mechanisms of defense; Oncology; Personality; Psychological distress; Quality of life; SOC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954680197     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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