Correlation between preoperative psychological personality traits of glioma patients and psychological distress in their primary caregivers

Abstract

ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between preoperative psychological personality traits of glioma patients and preoperative psychological distress of their primary caregivers. MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 85 glioma patients (tumor group) who were admitted to our hospital from February 2016 to December 2018 and 85 primary caregivers. Forty-one healthy volunteers were used as controls. ResultsThe scores of 9 scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) increased significantly in the tumor group compared to the healthy controls (P < 0.05), including L (lie): [(56.0 ± 11.5 vs. 50.0 ± 10.0)], F (fake): [(53.0 ± 10.6 vs. 41.7 ± 8.8)], Hs (hypochondriasis): [(55.6 ± 11.2 vs. 44.2 ± 8.3)], D (depressive personality): [(49.2 ± 9.6 vs. 42.2 ± 10.3)], Mf (masculinity-femininity): [(49.9 ± 9.4 vs. 42.8 ± 14.0)], Pt (psychasthenia): [(51.5 ± 10.0 vs. 40.9 ± 11.5)], Sc (schizophrenia): [(51.2 ± 10.6 vs. 40.2 ± 10.6)], Ma (hypomania): [(51.8 ± 9.1 vs. 47.7 ± 9.4)] and Si (social introversion): [(46.6 ± 8.7 vs. 36.7 ± 13.0)]. However, the K (defensive responses) scale score in the tumor group decreased significantly (52.1 ± 13.9 vs. 58.8 ± 12.1, P = 0.009). The F (fake): [(rs=0.253, P=0.019 / rs=0.215, P=0.048)], Hs (hypochondriasis): [(rs=0.310, P=0.004 / rs=0.345, P=0.001)], Pt (psychasthenia): [(rs=0.299, P=0.006 / rs=0.258, P=0.017)], and Sc (schizophrenia): [(rs=0.325,P=0.002/rs=0.322, P=0.003)] of preoperative glioma patients were positively correlated with their preoperative psychological distress (depression/anxiety); the D (depressive personality): [(rs=0.229, P=0.035)] of preoperative glioma patients was positively correlated with the preoperative depression symptoms of their primary caregivers, and the Hy (hysteria): [(rs=0.233, P=0.002)] and Pd (psychopathic deviate): [(rs=0.215, P=0.006)] of preoperative glioma patients were positively correlated with the preoperative anxiety symptoms of their primary caregivers. ConclusionsThe preoperative psychological personality traits of glioma patients were positively correlated with preoperative symptoms of depression and anxiety in primary caregivers.