Depressive coping and emotional distress predicted shortened survival in patients with lung cancer
Year: 2000
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Faller H, Bülzebruck H, Drings P, et al. Coping, distress, and survival among patients with lung cancer. Arch Gen Psychiatry1999 Aug; 56 : 756 –62. [OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] QUESTION: In patients with lung cancer, do depressive coping, emotional distress, and depression predict shortened survival? Inception cohort followed up for 7–8 years after diagnosis. A tumour centre in Heidelberg, Germany. 103 patients (mean age 59 y, 83% men) who had been newly diagnosed with lung cancer and had not yet begun their primary treatment were recruited between June 1989 and December 1991. Coping (active and depressive) was measured using the Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping With Illness with self report and interviewer rating formats; emotional distress was measured using a newly developed, validated clinical scale with self report and interviewer rating formats; and depression was measured by the Depression Scale with self report format. The biomedical prognostic factors considered were tumour stage, histological classification, and Karnofsky performance status. Attending physicians also … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DArchives%2Bof%2BGeneral%2BPsychiatry%26rft.stitle%253DArch%2BGen%2BPsychiatry%26rft.aulast%253DFaller%26rft.auinit1%253DH.%26rft.volume%253D56%26rft.issue%253D8%26rft.spage%253D756%26rft.epage%253D762%26rft.atitle%253DCoping%252C%2BDistress%252C%2Band%2BSurvival%2BAmong%2BPatients%2BWith%2BLung%2BCancer%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1001%252Farchpsyc.56.8.756%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F10435611%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1001/archpsyc.56.8.756&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10435611&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febmental%2F3%2F1%2F28.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000081724900014&link_type=ISI
Source: Evidence-Based Mental Health
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.3.1.28
Author: Peter Harvey
Institution: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Language: English
Topic: Cancer survivorship and care
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2145493999