| Autor: |
ML Ramírez-de los Santos, A López-Navarro, S Ramírez-de los Santos, JM Guzmán-Flores, AL Pereira-Suárez, EI López-Pulido |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BioPsychoSocial Medicine, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1751-0759 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13030-021-00220-3 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Environmental psychological factors such as mood states can modify and trigger an organic response; depressive disorder is considered a risk factor for oncological development, leading to alterations both in the genesis and in the progression of the disease. Some authors have identified that personality relates to mood since a high score in neuroticism is associated with intense and long-lasting emotions of stress and therefore with the development of depressive behaviors. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between personality and depression in skin cancer patients. Methods A total of forty-seven clinically and histopathologically diagnosed patients were scheduled for an hour-long interview, during which they provided informed consent and sociodemographic information. The psychological questionnaires applied were the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the clinical questionnaire for the diagnosis of the depressive syndrome. Results The patient’s mean age was 66.5 years (SD ± 12.4) and the majority were diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma (70.2%). The frequency of anxious/depressive symptoms was 42.5%, with an increase in depression scores in the female gender (p |
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