Hopelessness and Related Variables among Cancer Patients in the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study (SEPOS).

• Autor(a) principal: Grassi, L
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Travado, L, Gil, F, Sabato, S, Rossi, E, Tomamichel, M, Marmai, L, Biancosino, B, Nanni, MG, SEPOS
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/1237
• topic: Adaptation, Psychological; Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis; Anxiety Disorders/psychology; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Depressive Disorder/diagnosis; Depressive Disorder/psychology; Europe; Leisure Activities; Motivation; Neoplasms/psychology; Pain Measurement; Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data; Psychometrics; Quality of Life/psychology; Sick Role; Social Support

BACKGROUND: Although hopelessness has been studied in cancer, no data are available in non-English-speaking countries. OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to amass data from Southern European countries (Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland) in order to fill this void. METHOD: A group of 312 cancer patients completed the Mini-MAC Hopelessness subscale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Cancer Worry Inventory (CWI), and a six-item Visual Analog scale (VAS) to measure intensity of physical symptoms, general well-being, difficulty in coping with cancer, intensity of social support from close relationships, leisure activity, and support from religious beliefs. RESULTS: Regression analysis indicated that HADS-Depression, VAS Maladaptive Coping and Well-Being, and the CWI explained 42% of the variance. CONCLUSION: Hopelessness in cancer patients seems not exclusively to correspond to depression, but is related to various other psychosocial factors, such as maladaptive coping, as well.