The sample was composed of 27 MPM patients, 55 first-degree relatives enrolled in Casale Monferrato and Monfalcone (Italy), and 40 healthy controls (HC). Patients and relatives reported poorer physical health than the HC. Patients had a higher overall sense of physical debilitation and poorer health than relatives and the HC, more numerous complaints of memory problems and difficulties in concentrating, and a greater belief that goals cannot be reached or problems solved, while often claiming that they were more indecisive and inefficacious than the HC. First-degree relatives reported lower opinions of others, a greater belief that goals cannot be reached or problems solved, support for the notion that they are indecisive and inefficacious, and were more likely to suffer from fear that significantly inhibited normal activities than were HC.
Quality of life and personality traits in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma and their first-degree caregivers / Antonella, Granieri; Stella, Tamburello; Antonino, Tamburello; Silvia, Casale; Chiara, Cont; Fanny, Guglielmucci; Marco, Innamorati. - In: NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT. - ISSN 1178-2021. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:(2013), pp. 1193-1202. [10.2147/NDT.S48965]
Quality of life and personality traits in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma and their first-degree caregivers
CASALE, SILVIA;
2013
Abstract
The sample was composed of 27 MPM patients, 55 first-degree relatives enrolled in Casale Monferrato and Monfalcone (Italy), and 40 healthy controls (HC). Patients and relatives reported poorer physical health than the HC. Patients had a higher overall sense of physical debilitation and poorer health than relatives and the HC, more numerous complaints of memory problems and difficulties in concentrating, and a greater belief that goals cannot be reached or problems solved, while often claiming that they were more indecisive and inefficacious than the HC. First-degree relatives reported lower opinions of others, a greater belief that goals cannot be reached or problems solved, support for the notion that they are indecisive and inefficacious, and were more likely to suffer from fear that significantly inhibited normal activities than were HC.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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