Dispositional optimism and all-cause mortality after esophageal cancer surgery: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the association between dispositional optimism and all-cause mortality after esophageal cancer surgery and whether pathological tumor stage and the COVID-19 pandemic modified this association.

Methods

This nationwide, population-based prospective cohort study included 335 patients undergoing esophageal cancer surgery in Sweden between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2019. Dispositional optimism was measured 1 year post-surgery using Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R). A higher LOT-R sum score represents higher dispositional optimism. Mortality information was obtained from the Swedish Register of the Total Population. All patients were followed up until death or until December 31, 2020, whichever occurred first. Cox regression with adjustments for con

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9371627 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature