Optimism, mental health, and quality of life: A study among breast cancer patients
Optimism, mental health, and quality of life: A study among breast cancer patients
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DOI：
10.1080/13548506.2012.686619
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Shifren, Kim
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作者：
Colby, Deborah A.;Shifren, Kim
51名乳腺癌患者参加了一项横断面研究，旨在评估他们的乐观水平，积极和消极的心理健康状况及其生活质量之间的关系。采用生活定向测验（LOT）、流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）和癌症功能性生活指数（FLIC）对患者进行测量。t检验显示，这些乳腺癌患者报告的乐观情绪多于悲观情绪，积极的心理健康状况多于消极的心理健康状况，大多数样本报告在FLIC的每个合格生活领域都做得很好。正如预期的那样，报告更多抑郁症状的人也报告了更少的生活质量。在悲观情绪上得分较低的乳腺癌患者表现出更积极的心理健康，但他们与消极的心理健康没有关系。在FLIC上，乐观得分较高的女性比乐观得分较低的女性报告了更好的社会和心理功能。
Fifty one breast cancer patients participated in a cross-sectional study developed to assess the relation between their level of optimism, positive and negative mental health, and their quality of life. Patients were measured with the Life Orientation Test (LOT), the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Functional Living Index-Cancer (FLIC). T-tests revealed that these breast cancer patients reported more optimism than pessimism, more positive than negative mental health, and the majority of the sample reported doing well on each qualify life domain of the FLIC. As expected, individuals who reported more depressive symptoms also reported less qualify of life. Breast cancer patients who scored lower on pessimism showed more positive mental health, but they showed no relation to negative mental health. Women who scored higher on optimism reported better social and mental functioning on the FLIC than women who scored low on optimism.