1 Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, Medical School National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
University Mental Health Neurosciences and Precision Medicine Research Institute "Costas Stefanis", Athens, Greece.
In Vivo. 2024 Nov-Dec;38(6):2844-2852. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13765.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Melanoma, as a type of skin cancer, has undoubtedly gathered the interest of the global community in recent years, due to its rising incidence. Patients suffering from melanoma experience effects on their mental health, mainly depression and anxiety disorders. The present study aimed to examine the association of melanoma with the psychosomatic burden, personality traits, and demographic factors of the participants.
The psychometric instruments administered were: the Psychopathology Questionnaire (SCL-90), Beck Depression Scale (BDI), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), and Hostility Questionnaire (HDHQ). The research sample consisted of 80 cancer patients, of whom 57.5% were women and 42.5% men, and whose ages ranged from 15 to 85, with a mean age of 56.95 and a standard deviation of 13.52 years.
The majority of patients presented introverted hostility (77.5%) and 22.5% presented extroverted hostility. Male cancer patients seemed to score on average statistically significantly higher on the self-criticism scale than females (4.44±2.31 vs. 3.17±1.98, p<0.01) The patients in an advanced stage scored statistically significantly higher on the phobic anxiety scale than the patients in the initial stage (5.17±3.60 vs. 2.86±2.04, p<0.01). Also, early-stage patients presented statistically significantly higher scores on the paranoid hostility scale than advanced-stage patients (2.00±1.18 vs. 1.37±0.89, p<0.05).
The majority of patients with melanoma presented introverted hostility, and those in advanced stages scored significantly higher on the phobic anxiety scale compared to the patients in the initial stage.
背景/目的：近年来，由于黑色素瘤发病率的上升，这种皮肤癌无疑引起了全球的关注。患有黑色素瘤的患者会受到心理健康的影响，主要是抑郁和焦虑障碍。本研究旨在探讨黑色素瘤与参与者的身心负担、人格特质和人口统计学因素的关系。
使用的心理计量学工具包括：症状清单 90（SCL-90）、贝克抑郁量表（BDI）、艾森克人格问卷（EPQ）和敌意问卷（HDHQ）。研究样本包括 80 名癌症患者，其中 57.5%为女性，42.5%为男性，年龄在 15 至 85 岁之间，平均年龄为 56.95 岁，标准差为 13.52 岁。
大多数患者表现出内向敌意（77.5%），22.5%表现出外向敌意。男性癌症患者的自我批评量表得分似乎明显高于女性（4.44±2.31 与 3.17±1.98，p<0.01）。晚期患者在恐怖焦虑量表上的得分明显高于早期患者（5.17±3.60 与 2.86±2.04，p<0.01）。此外，早期患者在偏执敌意量表上的得分明显高于晚期患者（2.00±1.18 与 1.37±0.89，p<0.05）。
大多数黑色素瘤患者表现出内向敌意，晚期患者在恐怖焦虑量表上的得分明显高于早期患者。
