SOUSA, Helena; GUERRA, Marina    LENCASTRE, Leonor. Preditores da qualidade de vida numa amostra de mulheres com cancro da mama. []. , 33, 1, pp.39-53. ISSN 0870-8231.  https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.832.

Aims: To characterize the variables alexithymia, spirituality (beliefs dimension and hope/optimismdimension) and assertiveness in the quality of life of women with breast cancer. Methodology: The sample is composed by 85 women with breast cancer from a Hospital of Porto,with an average age of 47 years old and mostly married. The patients completed 6 questionnaires:Sociodemographic and Clinical Questionnaire; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS);Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20); Spirituality Evaluation Scale; Rathus Assertiveness Scale andThe European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire(EORTC QLQC-30, v.3.0).Results: The results indicate that alexithymia is negatively correlated with the hope/optimismdimension and with assertiveness and that all of these three variables are correlated to quality of life.It also demonstrates the existence of a positive correlation between age and quality of life and anegative correlation between the number of schooling years with alexithymia and beliefs dimension.The predictive model tested demonstrates the influence of alexithymia and hope/optimism dimensionin the quality of life of women with breast cancer, even after controlling anxiety and depression.

: Breast cancer; Alexithymia; Spirituality; Assertiveness; Quality of life.

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