Survey of personality traits , anxiety and depression in patients with leukemia
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-9921.2017.06.007
- VernacularTitle:白血病患者人格特质、焦虑及抑郁状况调查
- Author:
Qingfeng RONG
;
Lianrong XU
;
Feng TIAN
;
Hongmei WANG
- Keywords:
Leukemia;
Type A personality;
Anxiety;
Depression
- From:
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma
2017;26(6):349-352
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the personality traits, anxiety and depression in patients with leukemia. Methods A cross-sectional survey was performed in 120 patients with leukemia and 118 age and gender-matched controls. Personality was assessed using the Type A Behavior Pattern Questionnaire (TABPQ). Emotion was ascertained using the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS). The relationship between personality type A and anxiety and depression was evaluated by Pearson correlation analysis. Results The prevalence of personality type A was significantly higher in patients with leukemia than healthy controls [71.67 % (86/120) vs. 30.51 % (36/118), P< 0.01]. Patients with leukemia also had higher prevalence of anxiety and depression compared with healthy controls [36.67%(44/120) vs. 9.32%(11/118), P< 0.01; 29.17 % (35/120) vs. 5.93 % (7/118), P< 0.01]. Pearson correlation analysis showed that time-hurry (TH) and competition-hostility (CH) of personality type A correlated positively with anxiety (r=0.292, r= 0.277, respectively; both P< 0.05). Conclusion TH and CH of personality type A are associated with anxiety in leukemia patients.