title: PERSONALITY TRAITS, ANGER AND PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS RELATED TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The presence of psychiatric symptoms, anger, and personality characteristics are factors that affect the quality of life of newly diagnosed digestive system cancer patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to identify which stable characteristics of the individual's personality interfere with quality of life, even when reactive emotional characteristics of falling ill are controlled.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was performed at the Oncology Clinic ( Hospital das Clínicas ), Marília/SP, Brazil, in which 50 adult patients with digestive system cancer and diagnosed less than 6 months answered the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, Temperament and Character Inventory, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and WHOQOL-BREF. Multiple regression was performed to verify if quality of life was related to stable characteristics of the subject's personality (anger trait, temperament and character) after controlling to the transient emotional aspects (anger state, psychiatric symptoms).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The quality of life psychological health score was higher in presence of self-directedness character and reward dependence temperament and quality of life environment score was higher in presence of self-directedness character and lower in presence of harm avoidance temperament.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The psychological well-being and the adaptive needs to the environment that favoring a better quality of life were reinforced mainly by the self-directedness character; which means that patients more autonomous cope better with the disease. On the other hand, the harm avoidance temperament (meaning the patient has fear of aversive situations) impaired the adaptive capacity to deal with the changes of the day-to-day imposed by the disease. Understanding these personality traits is important to the health professionals drive the patient to more successful treatment.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (FAMEMA), Marília, SP, Brazil.|Faculdade de Ensino Superior do Interior Paulista (FAIP), Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Noemi Peres
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Honorato
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciene Vaccaro de Morais
authors.initials: LVM
authors.lastname: Abumusse
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ensino Superior do Interior Paulista (FAIP), Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniel Pereira
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Coqueiro
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vanessa de Albuquerque
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Citero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000786:Anger; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis