Personality and cancer survival: the Miyagi cohort study
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We tested the hypothesis that personality plays a role in cancer outcome in a population-based prospective cohort study in Japan. In July 1990, 41 442 residents of Japan completed a short form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised and a questionnaire on various health habits, and between January 1993 and December 1997, 890 incident cases of cancer were identified among them. These 890 cases were followed up until March 2001, and a total of 356 deaths from all causes was identified among them. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) of death according to four score levels on each of four personality subscales (extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, and lie), with adjustment for potential confounding factors. Multivariable HRs of deaths from all causes for individuals in the highest score level on each personality subscale compared with those at the lowest level were 1.0 for extraversion (95% CI=0.8-1.4; Trend P=0.73), 1.1 for neuroticism (0.8-1.6; Trend P=0.24), 1.2 for psychoticism (0.9-1.6; Trend P=0.29), and 1.0 for lie (0.7-1.5; Trend P=0.90). The data obtained in this population-based prospective cohort study in Japan do not support the hypothesis that personality is associated with cancer survival.
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No substantial effects for the general Extraversion dimension on 3-year all-cause mortality were noted in specific samples (older ill US community, substance and alcohol abusers, Japanese cancer patients).
“Other studies noted no substantial effects for the general Extraversion dimension on 3-year all-cause mortality in an older, ill US community sample [63], in substance and alcohol abusers [89], or in Japanese cancer patients (with a general case-mix of cancer types) [90].”
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No association between Neuroticism and cancer mortality was observed in a sample of Japanese cancer patients.
“The same was true with respect to cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in a US community sample [117] and with respect to cancer mortality in a sample of Japanese cancer patients [90].”
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“Other studies noted no substantial effects for the general Extraversion dimension on 3-year all-cause mortality in an older, ill US community sample [63], in substance and alcohol abusers [89], or in Japanese cancer patients (with a general case-mix of cancer types) [90].”
Background
- Authors
- Nakaya, N., Tsubono, Y., Nishino, Y., Hosokawa, T., Fukudo, S., Shibuya, D., Akizuki, N., Yoshikawa, E., Kobayakawa, M., Fujimori, M., Saito-Nakaya, K., Uchitomi, Y., & Tsuji, I.
- Affiliations
- National Cancer Center Hospital East (JP)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Uchitomi, Y
- Venue
- British Journal of Cancer
- Published
- 2005-05-17
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2089-2094
- ISSN
- 0007-0920 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-1827
- PMC
- PMC2361779
- OpenAlex
- W2033986453
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-sa
- www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
- Locations
- British Journal of Cancer (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
- Keywords
- personality, cancer survival, cancer mortality, extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, lie scale, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, health habits
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Japan, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Personality, Personality Inventory, Prognosis, Cohort Studies, Survival Analysis
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