Post-traumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients and their significant others facing lung cancer diagnosis: intrusive thoughts as key factors
Autor: | Carine Plassot, Jean-Pierre Daurès, Jean-Pierre Mérel, Isabelle Boulze, Élodie Arnaud, Jean-Louis Pujol, Michel Launay |
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Přispěvatelé: | Dynamique des capacités humaines et des conduites de santé (EPSYLON), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Université de Montpellier (UM) |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
Health related quality of life
medicine.medical_specialty COPD Traumatic stress Cancer [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology General Medicine medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases 3. Good health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine medicine In patient 030212 general & internal medicine General Health Questionnaire Lung cancer Psychology |
Zdroj: | Psychology Psychology, Scientific Research Publishing, 2013, 4, pp.1-7 Psychology, Scientific Research Publishing, 2013, 4, pp.1-7. ⟨10.4236/psych.2013.46A1001⟩ |
ISSN: | 2152-7180 |
DOI: | 10.4236/psych.2013.46A1001⟩ |
Popis: | Article disponible en ligne à l'adresse : http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=33494; International audience; Purpose: 1) to determine the level of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by means of impact of event scale (IES) in patients for whom lung cancer has been diagnosed for the first time and compare this level in patients having learnt that they affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); 2) to compare PTSD in patients and their significant others facing a diagnosis of lung cancer; 3) to determine whether or not IES and General Health Questionnaire 28 (GHQ-28) correlate. Methods: This prospective survey-study included 41 consecutive patients who learnt that they were afflicted by primary lung cancer. IES and GHQ-28 were answered once between four and five weeks following medical appointment. The significant others (n = 16) who were present during the lung cancer diagnostic appointment were also invited to complete similar questionnaires. Control group consisted of 19 patients with chronic asthma or COPD. Results: Following a lung cancer diagnosis, patients and their significant others are indistinctly affected by a high level of PTSD. These two groups had a higher frequency of high IES total score when compared with COPD patients. The IES intrusion subscale score significantly differed among groups: median [IR] values: 20 [12 - 26]; 15 [9 - 22]; 7 [5 - 15] for significant others, cancer patients and COPD patients respectively; P = 0.02). IES and GHQ-28 inversely correlated. Conclusion: Patients and significant others facing a diagnosis of lung cancer are at high risk of PTSD. The level of IES intrusion in persons facing lung cancer increases emotional distress that in turn affects quality of life. |
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