The influence of personality, social support on the onset of upper digestive tract cancer / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the contribution of psychoso cial factors including personality and social support to the onset of upper dige stive tract cancer. Methods Ninety-eight patients with up per digestive tract cancer were chosen as disease group, with 98 healthy persons as control group, who matched with disease group in habitation, age, sex and ed ucation level. Both the two groups were studied by Eysenck Personality Questionn aire (EPQ) and social support scale. The differences between the two groups were analyzed. Results The E score of EPQ in disease group was lower than that in control group, but its P and L scores were higher, and the su pport utilization degree in disease group was much lower than that in control gr oup. Positive correlation was found between the E score of EPQ and social suppor t utilization degree in disease group. Conclusion The onset of upper digestive tract cancer is correlated with personality and social suppo rt.