Browsing by Author "Carvalho, A. F."
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Anxiety, depression and defense mechanisms associated with treatment decisional preferences and quality of life in non-metastatic breast cancer: A 1-year prospective study
Hyphantis, T.; Almyroudi, A.; Paika, V.; Degner, L. F.; Carvalho, A. F.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2013)Objective: Treatment decisional preferences impact breast cancer patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and may relate to psychological variables, although many aspects of this relationship remain unknown. This ...
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Depression in cancer: The many biobehavioral pathways driving tumor progression
Bortolato, B.; Hyphantis, T.; Valpione, S.; Perini, G.; Maes, M.; Morris, G.; Kubera, M.; Köhler, C. A.; Fernandes, B. S.; Stubbs, B.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Carvalho, A. F. (2017)Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is common among cancer patients, with prevalence rates up to four-times higher than the general population. Depression confers worse outcomes, including non-adherence to treatment and increased ...
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Does psychological distress vary between younger and older adults in health and disease?
Goulia, P.; Papadimitriou, I.; Machado, M. O.; Mantas, C.; Pappa, C.; Tsianos, Epameinondas; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Drosos, Alexandros A.; Carvalho, A. F.; Hyphantis, T. (2012)Objective: The effect of age on psychological distress remains controversial and it is unclear how a chronic medical illness influences this association. We aimed to compare the level of psychological distress between ...
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Major depressive disorder in breast cancer: A critical systematic review of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic clinical trials
Carvalho, A. F.; Hyphantis, T.; Sales, P. M. G.; Soeiro-de-Souza, M. G.; Macêdo, D. S.; Cha, D. S.; McIntyre, R. S.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2014)Background: While women with breast cancer often face varying levels of psychological distress, there is a subgroup whose symptomatology reaches a threshold for diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD). Major depressive ...
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Psychiatric manifestations, personality traits and health-related quality of life in cancer of unknown primary site
Hyphantis, T.; Papadimitriou, I.; Petrakis, Dimitrios; Fountzilas, George; Repana, D.; Assimakopoulos, K.; Carvalho, A. F.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2013)Objective Psychiatric manifestations and personality traits are known to influence cancer patients. We aimed to assess psychological distress symptoms, psychosocial factors and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in ...
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Psychosocial predictors of health outcomes in colorectal cancer: A comprehensive review
Sales, P. M. G.; Carvalho, A. F.; McIntyre, R. S.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Hyphantis, T. (2014)Background: A diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and its long-term treatment may lead to significant psychological distress and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for a significant proportion of patients. ...
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Sense of Coherence and Defense Style Predict Sleep Difficulties in Early Non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Hyphantis, T.; Goulia, P.; Zerdes, I.; Solomou, S.; Andreoulakis, E.; Carvalho, A. F.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2016)Background: Sleep disturbances are common in cancer patients, but little is known about the complex interplay between the background psychological profile, coping with health stressors capacities and psychological distress ...