The paper describes a study of health-related quality of life and the attitude to the disease in 120 patients with a range of bone tumors: osteosarcoma (n=41), giant cell tumor (n=31), chondrosarcoma (n=30) and metastatic bone lesions (n=18). The means comparison as well as correlations of the basic parameters of quality of life and attitude to disease were made. Methods: «SF- 36 Health Status Survey», The Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 by European Organization for Research and Treatment Cancer with the module “Bone Metastases 22”, “The type of attitude to the disease” and a structured interview. The results show that patients with different bone tumor types have differences in the quality of life characteristics, in the attitudes to the disease. They also have differently structured correlations of the measured items.
Translated title of the contributionQuality of Life and the Attitude to the Disease among Patients with the Different Bone Tumor Types
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)1-38
JournalПетербургский психологический журнал
Issue number19
StatePublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • QUALITY OF LIFE, ATTITUDE TO THE DISEASE, BONE TUMOR, OSTEOSARCOMA, CHONDROSARCOMA, GIANT CELL TUMOR, METASTATIC BONE LESION, Psychological support

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