dc.contributor.author | Hyphantis, T. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Tomenson, B. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Paika, V. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Almyroudi, A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pappa, C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Tsifetaki, N. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Voulgari, P. V. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Drosos, Alexandros A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlidis, Nicholas | en |
dc.contributor.author | Creed, F. | en |
dc.creator | Hyphantis, T. | en |
dc.creator | Tomenson, B. | en |
dc.creator | Paika, V. | en |
dc.creator | Almyroudi, A. | en |
dc.creator | Pappa, C. | en |
dc.creator | Tsifetaki, N. | en |
dc.creator | Voulgari, P. V. | en |
dc.creator | Drosos, Alexandros A. | en |
dc.creator | Pavlidis, Nicholas | en |
dc.creator | Creed, F. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-22T09:53:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-22T09:53:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/41958 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 of patients with colorectal cancer (N = 162), glaucoma (N = 100), rheumatoid arthritis (N = 168), systemic sclerosis (N = 56) and systemic lupus erythematosus (N = 56), we assessed specific disease severity and used the Symptom Distress Checklist (SCL-90) for psychologic dimensions. Outcome was assessed with the WHO Quality of Life Instrument, Short Form using hierarchical regression to determine independent correlates of HRQOL. Results: After adjustment for demographic features, stage of cancer and pain (final models), the SCL-90 somatization score was the only psychologic distress covariate significantly correlated to physical HRQOL in all diseases (Betas between -0.33 and -0.49) except in systemic sclerosis and scleroderma, where depression was also a correlate. In glaucoma patients, the SCL-90 somatization score was the only significant covariate for physical HRQOL in the final model. Conclusions: Since reported number of bodily symptoms is both associated with physical HRQOL and treatable in its own right, our findings suggest a possible new avenue to improve the HRQOL in patients with chronic physical disease. Whether this offers greater benefit than treatments for anxiety and depression needs further research. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.source | Quality of Life Research | en |
dc.subject | Psychometrics | en |
dc.subject | Questionnaires | en |
dc.subject | Models | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | Human | en |
dc.subject | Neoplasms | en |
dc.subject | World health organization | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Adult | en |
dc.subject | Aged | en |
dc.subject | Controlled study | en |
dc.subject | Cross-sectional studies | en |
dc.subject | Cross-sectional study | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Major clinical study | en |
dc.subject | Priority journal | en |
dc.subject | Neoplasm | en |
dc.subject | Male | en |
dc.subject | Statistical | en |
dc.subject | Statistical model | en |
dc.subject | Complication | en |
dc.subject | Cancer | en |
dc.subject | Middle aged | en |
dc.subject | Quality of life | en |
dc.subject | Depression | en |
dc.subject | Questionnaire | en |
dc.subject | Comorbidity | en |
dc.subject | Somatization | en |
dc.subject | Somatoform disorders | en |
dc.subject | Anxiety | en |
dc.subject | Glaucoma | en |
dc.subject | Health status indicator | en |
dc.subject | Health status indicators | en |
dc.subject | Liaison psychiatry | en |
dc.subject | Lupus erythematosus | en |
dc.subject | Medical illness | en |
dc.subject | Pain measurement | en |
dc.subject | Psychometry | en |
dc.subject | Rheumatic disease | en |
dc.subject | Rheumatologic disease | en |
dc.subject | Scleroderma | en |
dc.subject | Statistics | en |
dc.subject | Statistics as topic | en |
dc.subject | Systemic | en |
dc.subject | Systemic lupus erythematosus | en |
dc.subject | Systemic sclerosis | en |
dc.title | Somatization is associated with physical health-related quality of life independent of anxiety and depression in cancer, glaucoma and rheumatological disorders | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11136-009-9527-6 | |
dc.description.volume | 18 | |
dc.description.issue | 8 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 1029 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 1042 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Pavlidis, Nicholas [0000-0002-2195-9961] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Drosos, Alexandros A. [0000-0002-2232-0326] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Hyphantis, T. [0000-0002-7647-4312] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-2195-9961 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-2232-0326 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-7647-4312 | |