Personality, choice of coping and T stage predict level of distress in head and neck cancer patients during follow-up

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2121-2128

  Aarstad, Anne K H ^a,b,c   Beisland, Elisabeth ^b,c   Aarstad, Hans J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Distress; Head and neck cancer; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPE QUESTIONNAIRE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EORTC QLQ QUESTIONNAIRE; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867257449     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1884-4     Document Type: Article

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