Browsing by Author "Paika, V."
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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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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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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 ...