Analysis of personal characteristics of oncologic patients at the stage of psychological adjustment

Abstract

The study describes experimental psychognostic study of personal characteristics of thyroid cancer patients after curative antineoplastic therapy. The empiric framework of the study relies on the results of diagnosis of 175 persons. From among them the treatment group 120 persons ill with thyroid carcinoma after curative antineoplastic therapy, during the long-term postoperative period (2-4 years) without disease recurrence during the study period. And the control group 55 donors registered with the Kazan municipal blood transfusion station as those without chronic diseases. The personals status of the thyroid carcinoma patients was investigated with the use of the psychognostic questionnaires: Mini-Mult, one of the most famous abridged versions MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory); Spielberg's anxiety scale (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)): WAM (Well-being, Activity, Mood). The relevance of the study performed consists in determination of the long-term personal cha