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The effect of psychosocial factors on lung cancer mortality at one year
Authors:K M Stavraky  A P Donner  J E Kincade  M A Stewart
Affiliation:Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:In this study newly diagnosed male and female lung cancer patients admitted to two Ontario Cancer Foundation treatment clinics were interviewed. Information was obtained on demographic variables, presence of other chronic illness and the following psychosocial attributes: locus of control, social support and personality traits. From the clinic charts, information on stage of disease and pathological diagnosis was obtained. After controlling for the effects of stage and pathological diagnosis, the following psychological variables were found to increase the odds of death from lung cancer among males and females combined at one year after diagnosis: a high need for one aspect of social support, a reserved personality and the extremes of the personality trait soberness vs enthusiasm.
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