Open AccessPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF CANCER PATIENTS WITH CONCOMITANT CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY
Author(s) -
Е Г Порошина,
Е Г Порошина,
И В Вологдина,
И В Вологдина,
Е В Пестерева,
Е В Пестерева
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vestnik severo-zapadnogo gosudarstvennogo medicinskogo universiteta im. i.i. mečnikova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-9704
pISSN - 2618-7116
DOI - 10.17816/mechnikov20179183-88
Subject(s) - concomitant , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , anxiety , disease , cancer , pathology , psychiatry , nursing
The aim of the study was to explore the psychological characteristics and quality of life of patients with cancerous tumor combined with cardiovascular disease. 81 middle-aged patient (51,4±4,6 years) with cancer of different localization examined. Additionally, 42 patients had a concomitant cardiovas- cular pathology. Group of comparison consisted of 39 patients. The following tests and scales were used: test TOBOL for studying the issues of patients’ reaction to desease, Spielberger-Khanin scale to monitor level of anxiety, SF-36 questionnaire to analyze the quality of life. unlike the patients without cardiac pathology, the cancer patients with concomitant cardiovascular pathology showed higher anxi- ety and lower quality of life assessment