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- Title
Type‐D personality and quality of life in patients with primary brain tumours.
- Authors
Kim, Sung Reul; Nho, Ju‐Hee; Kim, Hye Young; Ko, Eun; Jung, Shin; Kim, In‐Young; Jang, Woo‐Youl
- Abstract
Objective: To investigate the influence of type‐D personality on quality of life (QoL) in patients with primary brain tumours. Methods: We performed descriptive cross‐sectional study between July 2018 and March 2019. A convenience sample of 293 patients was recruited from an outpatient neurosurgery clinic. Results: Type‐D personality was identified in 34.1% of subjects. Type‐D patients had poorer QoL and experienced more severe symptoms and interference with life. Poor QoL was associated with lower education, no spouse and lower family income. Symptoms were the most significant factor affecting QoL, followed by type‐D personality, income and education. Conclusion: Symptoms, type‐D personality and demographic factors should be considered when assessing QoL in patients with primary brain tumours. Interventions that reflect these characteristics, including type‐D personality, may help improve QoL for patients with primary brain tumours.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; PERSONALITY; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; NEUROSURGERY; ONE-way analysis of variance; CANCER patients; BRAIN tumors; INCOME; SPOUSES; T-test (Statistics); QUALITY of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; ANALYSIS of covariance; KARNOFSKY Performance Status; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
European Journal of Cancer Care, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0961-5423
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecc.13371