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Published in: Quality of Life Research 6/2011

Open Access 01-08-2011

Trait anxiety predicts disease-specific health status in early-stage breast cancer patients

Authors: Lotje Van Esch, Jan A. Roukema, Alida F. W. Van der Steeg, Jolanda De Vries

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 6/2011

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Abstract

Purpose

The objectives of this study were to examine the differences in health status (HS) of women with breast cancer (BC) at different moments in time, and between women scoring high and not high on trait anxiety, and to identify possible predictors of HS 6 and 12 months after surgery.

Methods

Patients (N = 223) completed a trait anxiety questionnaire before diagnosis. Women who received a diagnosis of BC completed a BC-specific HS questionnaire 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery. ANCOVA for repeated measures and multiple regression analysis were used in the analyses.

Results

Women scoring high on trait anxiety had significant (P < .005) lower Body image, worse Future perspective and Sexual functioning, and more Side-effects than women who did not score high on trait anxiety. At 6 and 12 months after surgery, the same aspects of HS were predicted by higher trait anxiety scores.

Conclusions

Higher scores on trait anxiety resulted in worse scores on four HS domains, indicating that there should be more attention for this group of patients, even before treatment starts.
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Metadata
Title
Trait anxiety predicts disease-specific health status in early-stage breast cancer patients
Authors
Lotje Van Esch
Jan A. Roukema
Alida F. W. Van der Steeg
Jolanda De Vries
Publication date
01-08-2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Quality of Life Research / Issue 6/2011
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9830-2

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