Coping, mood and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study in Chinese patients with advanced lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The ways patients cope with advanced cancer can influence their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aims to examine the mediating role of positive and negative mood in the relationship between coping and HRQoL in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Methods

A consecutive sample of 261 patients (mean age: 59.99±9.53) diagnosed with stage III or IV lung cancer was recruited from the inpatient unit in a hospital that specialises in chest-related disease in Shanghai, China. Participants completed measurements including Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and 5-level EuroQol 5-dimension instrument.

Results

Although the total effects of confrontation on HRQoL were not significant, competing indirect effects via

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6501988 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature