Coping strategies in patients undergoing surgery treatment for pituitary tumour in China: A cross-sectional survey.
Chao Wu, Lan Xu, Haiying Zhang and 2 others
PMID 35717666WHAT IT FOUND
After surgery for pituitary tumours, patients reported less active coping and more avoidance and resigned coping than a general Chinese population.
Lower education, lower income, tumour type, size and recurrence were linked to coping style.
Key findings
01Patients undergoing surgery for pituitary tumours reported lower confrontation and higher avoidance and resigned coping than a general population norm.
02Education, profession, monthly income, tumour type and size, and recurrence were associated with coping scores in univariate analyses.
03Multiple regression identified education, tumour type and side, recurrence and monthly income as associated with coping dimensions.
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What it does not show
The design was cross-sectional, so it measured coping at one time and cannot show cause and effect. The sample was a convenience sample from one hospital, and the authors note possible participation bias, so it may not represent all postoperative pituitary tumour patients. Coping was measured by self-report, with no objective measures. The paper did not test any intervention, so recommendations for education or support are not evidence that they work.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the associations between education, income, tumour characteristics and coping as proof that these factors cause poorer coping, or that giving education will improve outcomes. This was a cross-sectional self-report survey and did not test an intervention.