J Korean Geriatr Psychiatry.  2018 Oct;22(2):64-69. 10.0000/jkgp.2018.22.2.64.

Factors Associated with Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Intracranial Meningioma

• Kim SR
• Kim SW
• Jung TY
• Kim JM
• Shin IS
• Yoon JS
• Kim SY
• Jung S

• KMID: 2435023
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/jkgp.2018.22.2.64

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
This study was aimed to investigate factors associated with quality of life (QOL), anxiety and depression in patients with intracranial meningioma.
METHODS
This is the cross-sectional study of patient with intracranial meningioma in Korea. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QOL Questionnaire 30 and hospital anxiety depression scale were used to assess QOL, anxiety and depressive mood. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to analyze the related factors.
RESULTS
37 patients in total enrolled to be analyzed. In QOL, general health came out low in the patient group with peritumoral edema. Functional scales got lower as patients had higher neurotic tendency and bigger size of tumor. Symptoms scales got higher as patients' neurotic tendency got higher or as patients had peritumoral edema. Anxiety came out highly related to neurotic tendency and depression found to be related to young age, low agreeableness, high neurotic tendency, and having peritumoral edema.
CONCLUSION
The QOL, anxiety and depression of meningioma patients were both related to their personal character traits and disease-related factors. More attention is needed for the QOL and mental health of intracranial meningioma patients.

Keyword

Quality of life; Anxiety and depression; Meningioma; Associated factors

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression*
Edema
Humans
Korea
Linear Models
Meningioma*
Mental Health
Quality of Life*
Weights and Measures