چکیده:
Background: Mental health provides a significant achievement for cancerous patients to alleviate
prolonged suffering albeit stress would be the main part of their diseases. Aims: We intend
to study the influence of personality dimensions upon cancer patients’ quality‑of‑life (QOL).
Materials and Methods: Short form of NEO Personality Inventory and QOL questionnaire were
applied in both descriptive and correlational analyzing. Moreover, the sample group was included
100 patient selected purposefully. Who refer to two medical center of Tehran from April 2012 to
March 2013. Participants all fillequestionnaires out. The QOL questionnaire and the short format of
NEO personality inventory were used. All of the data were analyzed with Pearson coefficient and
multivariate regression analysis. Results: The results indicated that a significant relationship between
neuroticism, agreeableness, and QOL was among the patients. Meantime, 23% of variances in quality of
lives would be accounted with factors such as neuroticism, agreeableness, extroversion which could
significantly predict changes in the patients’ lives. Conclusion: Personality factors are an important
variable for the QOL in cancer patients.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Mojtaba Habibi, Pouya Zandian1, Haleh Hadi Pour2, Samaneh Abedini Department of Family Therapy, Family Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, 1Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, 2Department of Science and Research, Faculty of Psychology, Azad University, Saveh, Iran Address for Correspondence: Prof.
Aims: We intend to study the influence of personality dimensions upon cancer patients’ quality‑of‑life (QOL).
Conclusion: Personality factors are an important variable for the QOL in cancer patients.
[4] Previous researches demonstrated some effective factors in QOL in oncology patients such as demographic characteristics, personality, temperament, marital status and course of diseases.
Based on the five‑factor model, personality is formed by five main factors, each of which has sub‑categories, in a hierarchical manner: Neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
[4] Life quality test Varoshebon draw up short form‑36 (SF‑36), which is for both clinical and research studies, and it would assess individual and national mental health.
Conclusion The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 5 type of personality and QOL in Iranian cancer patients.
Based on the results from Table 3, it is evident that the type of personality can predict 22% of QOL in Iranian cancer patients.
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Can the five-factor model adequately represent the quality-of-life in cancerous patients?.