Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery

The main goal is to assess psychological well-being and quality of life in 75 patients with post-surgical treatment for thyroid cancer. A descriptive co relational methodology was used in order to perform this task. Psychological well-being was assessed with the index of Psychological Well-being dev...

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Autores principales: Novoa Gómez,Mónica María, Vargas Gutiérrez,Rochy M, Obispo Castellanos,Shirley Alexandra, Pertuz Vergara,Máryori, Rivera Pradilla,Yady Karina
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-480820100001000072010-07-08Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgeryNovoa Gómez,Mónica MaríaVargas Gutiérrez,Rochy MObispo Castellanos,Shirley AlexandraPertuz Vergara,MáryoriRivera Pradilla,Yady Karina Quality of life Thyroid Gland Psychological Well-being cancer Thyroidectom The main goal is to assess psychological well-being and quality of life in 75 patients with post-surgical treatment for thyroid cancer. A descriptive co relational methodology was used in order to perform this task. Psychological well-being was assessed with the index of Psychological Well-being developed by Dupuy et al., (1984) and Quality of Life was assessed with the Quality of Life Questionnaire SF-36 Health (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992). The instruments were applied to each patient during an interview. Results suggested a high, positive and directly proportional correlation between time after thyroidectomy and the degree of Psychological Well-being and Quality of Life reported by patients. Results also showed a high correlation (significant at the 99% level) between the two instruments used.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de Psicología ClínicaTerapia psicológica v.28 n.1 20102010-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-48082010000100007en10.4067/S0718-48082010000100007
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Quality of life
Thyroid Gland
Psychological Well-being
cancer
Thyroidectom
spellingShingle Quality of life
Thyroid Gland
Psychological Well-being
cancer
Thyroidectom
Novoa Gómez,Mónica María
Vargas Gutiérrez,Rochy M
Obispo Castellanos,Shirley Alexandra
Pertuz Vergara,Máryori
Rivera Pradilla,Yady Karina
Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery
description The main goal is to assess psychological well-being and quality of life in 75 patients with post-surgical treatment for thyroid cancer. A descriptive co relational methodology was used in order to perform this task. Psychological well-being was assessed with the index of Psychological Well-being developed by Dupuy et al., (1984) and Quality of Life was assessed with the Quality of Life Questionnaire SF-36 Health (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992). The instruments were applied to each patient during an interview. Results suggested a high, positive and directly proportional correlation between time after thyroidectomy and the degree of Psychological Well-being and Quality of Life reported by patients. Results also showed a high correlation (significant at the 99% level) between the two instruments used.
author Novoa Gómez,Mónica María
Vargas Gutiérrez,Rochy M
Obispo Castellanos,Shirley Alexandra
Pertuz Vergara,Máryori
Rivera Pradilla,Yady Karina
author_facet Novoa Gómez,Mónica María
Vargas Gutiérrez,Rochy M
Obispo Castellanos,Shirley Alexandra
Pertuz Vergara,Máryori
Rivera Pradilla,Yady Karina
author_sort Novoa Gómez,Mónica María
title Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery
title_short Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery
title_full Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery
title_fullStr Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery
title_full_unstemmed Psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery
title_sort psychological well-being and quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer after surgery
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica
publishDate 2010
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-48082010000100007
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