Anger in Health, Benign Breast Disease and Breast Cancer: A Prospective Case–Control Study

摘要: BACKGROUND: The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory 2 (STAXI-2) is a psychometric instrument measuring anger experience and expression. Associations between the STAXI-2 risk of breast cancer (BC) are rarely considered together in prospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total 117 women with symptoms referred for examination were selected assessed before any diagnostic procedures. RESULTS: Twenty-four patients BC, 44 benign disease (BBD) 49 healthy individuals (HHS) included. Scores parameters state anger/feel like expressing physically (SANGP) significantly higher HHS group (HHS vs. BBD: p=0.027; BC: p=0.025). BC showed trend to lower scores almost all scales STAXI-2, except trait anger/angry temperament (TANGT), expression-in (AX-I), control-out (AC-O), that than two other groups' scores. CONCLUSION: results this study do not support specific link risk.