Assessment methods
Quality of life was assessed at admission, one month after
admission, and six months after admission using the 30-
question European Organization for Research and Treatment
of Cancer Quality of Life Scale (EORTC QLQ-C30) [20], which
included five dimensions (somatic function, role function,
emotion function, cognitive function, and social function).
Higher scores indicate a higher quality of life. Personality
characteristics were assessed using the 48-question
EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, Short Scale
for Chinese, EPQ-RSC) consisting of four dimensions (introversion
and extroversion (E), neuroticism or emotion (N),
psychoticism (P), and personality stablity (L)). Higher scores indicate greater psychoticism and neuroticism, less stable
emotions, and extroversion.