Distress in hospitalized cancer patients: Associations with personality traits, clinical and psychosocial characteristics

Menée en Allemagne à partir de données portant sur 879 patients atteints d'un cancer et hospitalisés, cette étude transversale analyse les facteurs sociodémographiques, cliniques et psychosociaux associés à la présence d'une détresse

Résumé en anglais

Objective : To improve allocation of psychosocial care and to provide patient-oriented support offers, identification of determinants of elevated distress is needed. So far, there is a lack of evidence investigating the interplay between individual disposition and current clinical and psychosocial determinants of distress in the inpatient setting.

Methods : In this cross-sectional study, we investigated 879 inpatients with different cancer sites treated in a German Comprehensive Cancer Center. Assessment of determinants of elevated distress included sociodemographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics as well as dimensions of personality. Multiple linear regression was applied to identify determinants of psychosocial distress.

Results : Mean age of the patients was M = 61.9 (SD = 11.8), 48.1% were women. In the multiple linear regression model younger age (