%0 Journal Article
%A Maatouk, Imad
%A He, Susanne
%A Becker, Natalia
%A Hummel, Manuela
%A Hemmer, Stefan
%A Hillengass, Michaela
%A Goldschmidt, Hartmut
%A Hartmann, Mechthild
%A Schellberg, Dieter
%A Herzog, Wolfgang
%A Hillengass, Jens
%T Association of resilience with health-related quality of life and depression in multiple myeloma and its precursors: results of a German cross-sectional study.
%J BMJ open
%V 8
%N 7
%@ 2044-6055
%C London
%I BMJ Publishing Group
%M DKFZ-2018-01318
%P e021376 -
%D 2018
%X To investigate the relation between resilience, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and depression in multiple myeloma (MM) and its premalignant stages. MM is one of the most frequent haematological disorders. It is regularly preceded by asymptomatic stages of the disease namely monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smouldering multiple myeloma (SMM). Survivors have to cope with mental and physical impairment in terms of HRQOL and depression. The concept of resilience refers to a person's ability to adapt to adversity.Cross-sectional study.MM outpatient department at a University Hospital in Germany (tertiary care).292 consecutive patients from our MM outpatient department.HRQOL, depression and psychological resilience were assessed with validated questionnaires.Regression analyses were performed to determine associations between resilience, HRQOL and depression. 98 patients (33.6
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:30061438
%2 pmc:PMC6067407
%R 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021376
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/136880