Vurnek Zivković Maja, Buljan Marija, Blajić Iva, Situm Mirna
Department of Dermatovenereology, Clinical hospital Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2008 Oct;32 Suppl 2:75-8.
A diagnosis of cancer and its treatment can create considerable distress, anxiety and depression for both patients and their families. The emotional impact of melanoma can be long lasting and profound, although the data in this field is inconsistent. Our last study showed that melanoma has a medium influence on patients' psychological status and quality of life. The aim of this paper was to investigate illness perceptions in patients with melanoma and its correlations with quality of life and emotional status. 60 patients suffering from malignant melanoma were included in the study. Results of this study show that patients perceive melanoma as a relatively long lasting illness, relatively easy to control, but hard to cure; and as an illness with not many consequences to their health. The causes of melanoma as perceived by patients are exposure to sun, heredity, immunity and stress. Illness perceptions are correlated with patients'quality of life, the influence illness has on the quality of life and depression.
癌症的诊断及其治疗会给患者及其家人带来相当大的痛苦、焦虑和抑郁。黑色素瘤的情感影响可能是持久而深刻的，尽管该领域的数据并不一致。我们上一项研究表明，黑色素瘤对患者的心理状态和生活质量有中等程度的影响。本文的目的是调查黑色素瘤患者的疾病认知及其与生活质量和情绪状态的相关性。60名恶性黑色素瘤患者被纳入该研究。这项研究的结果表明，患者将黑色素瘤视为一种持续时间相对较长、相对易于控制但难以治愈的疾病；并且认为这是一种对其健康影响不大的疾病。患者认为黑色素瘤的病因是日晒、遗传、免疫和压力。疾病认知与患者的生活质量、疾病对生活质量的影响以及抑郁相关。
