Stoicism and its relation with clincal-pathological variables in patients with resected cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy treatment

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between stoicism, gender, age, location and stage of the tumor, and compare the scores with two international samples. Method(s): A multicentre, prospective, observational study that uses a website to gather clinical Da ta and questionnaires that are given before and after adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with non metastatic resected cancer. The Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) was applied to assess stoicism and Student's t contrast was used to analyze it according to gender, age, location and state of the cancer. Result(s): A total of 243 patients were recruited in 11 centers. Mean age of the patients was 59 years, and 58% were male. The most frequent tumors were colon (41%), breast (35%), and stomach (10.8%), in stage III (38.5%). The significantly higher Stoicism scores were obtained in: men (p < .001), over 55 years old (p < .001), patients with colon cancer (p < .001), and in stage III (p = .010). The mean of Stoicism score was 56.2 (SD 7.7, range from 31 to 80), higher than the original stoicism scale in the British sample (t = 6.590, p