Browsing by Author "Hyphantis, T."
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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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Decision-making preferences and information needs among Greek breast cancer patients
Almyroudi, A.; Degner, L. F.; Paika, V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Hyphantis, T. (2011)Objectives: We aimed at assessing Greek breast cancer patients' preferences for participation in treatment decision making and their information needs. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 329 breast cancer patients were ...
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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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Personality factors associated with psychological distress in testicular cancer survivors
Siafaka, V.; Hyphantis, T.; Alamanos, Y. P.; Fountzilas, George; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Mavreas, V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2008)The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms of anxiety and depression in testicular cancer survivors (TCSs) and to identify personality traits associated with psychological distress in these patients by means of the ...
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Personality variables are associated with colorectal cancer patients' quality of life independent of psychological distress and disease severity
Paika, V.; Almyroudi, A.; Tomenson, B.; Creed, F.; Kampletsas, E. O.; Siafaka, V.; Gkika, S.; Mavreas, V.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Hyphantis, T. (2010)Objective: The aim of the present study was to test whether psychological distress and personality variables are independently associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in colorectal cancer patients, after ...
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Personality variables as predictors of early non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients' psychological distress and health-related quality of life: A one-year prospective study
Hyphantis, T.; Paika, V.; Almyroudi, A.; Kampletsas, E. O.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)Objective: We aimed to assess the course of early non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients' psychological distress and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and to identify relevant clinical and psychological predictors ...
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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 ...
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Somatization is associated with physical health-related quality of life independent of anxiety and depression in cancer, glaucoma and rheumatological disorders
Hyphantis, T.; Tomenson, B.; Paika, V.; Almyroudi, A.; Pappa, C.; Tsifetaki, N.; Voulgari, P. V.; Drosos, Alexandros A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Creed, F. (2009)Purpose: To test the relative importance of anxiety, depression and somatization as correlates of physical health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in several chronic physical disorders. Methods: In a cross-sectional study ...