ArticlePsycho-oncology2018
Understanding the distressed prostate cancer patient: Role of personality.
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- The prevalence of anxiety symptoms/disorders in cancer patients: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Defining and Assessing Distress in Oncology Patients: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Actor-Partner Effects of Personality Traits and Psychological Flexibility on Psychological Distress Among Couples Coping with Cancer.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Self-reported Domestic Elder Abuse and Its Relation with Personality Traits of Older People and Their Family Caregivers.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2024Article
- Analysis of distress in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy: A multicenter prospective study.Investigative and clinical urology · 2024Article
- Sex-Specific Genetic and Transcriptomic Liability to Neuroticism.Biological psychiatry · 2023Article
- "All Hands on Deck": Psychological Characteristics of Women with Experience of Oncological Disease Participating in Sailing Cruise-A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- High Neuroticism Is Related to More Overall Functional Problems and Lower Function Scores in Men Who Had Surgery for Non-Relapsing Prostate Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Depression, Anxiety, and Patterns of Mental Health Care Among Men With Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy.The oncologist · 2022Article
- A global health model integrating psychological variables involved in cancer through a longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Personality Traits and Urinary Symptoms Are Associated with Mental Health Distress in Patients with a Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Article
- The EPIC-26 domain scores after radical prostatectomy are associated with the personality trait of neuroticism.International urology and nephrology · 2021Article
- Depression and prostate cancer: implications for urologists and oncologists.Nature reviews. Urology · 2020Review
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- A Validation Study of the Mini-IPIP Five-Factor Personality Scale in Adults With Cancer.Journal of personality assessmentArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the relationship between personality and emotional distress in prostate cancer. Neuroticism and introversion were hypothesized to be associated with clinically significant symptoms of emotional distress, including depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.
methodsMen with a history of prostate cancer (n = 212) completed an NIH-funded cross-sectional study using well-validated measures of personality, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Covariates were age, education, time since diagnosis, comorbidity, and presence of metastases.
resultsEmotional distress was reported by 37% of participants, including depression (23%), anxiety (15%), and suicidal ideation (10%). As hypothesized, men who were more neurotic were more likely to report emotional distress (44.5% vs 26.9%; OR = 2.78, P = .004), depression (31.9% vs 11.8%; OR = 4.23, P = .001), and suicidal ideation (29.4% vs 9.7%; OR = 4.15, P = .001). Introverts were more likely to report emotional distress (45.2% vs 28.7%; OR = 2.32, P = .012) and depression (30.8% vs 15.7%; OR = 2.57, P = .014). Men with metastases were more likely to report emotional distress (51.7% vs 31.2%; OR = 4.56, P < .001).
conclusionsNeuroticism and introversion were associated with clinically significant emotional distress in men with prostate cancer. Findings suggest that, in the context of treatment for prostate cancer, patient distress reflects disease characteristics (eg, metastases presence) as well as stable personality traits. Implications for clinical care are discussed.
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