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Context and objective: Coping strategies may affect quality of life (QoL), which is decreased in patients after treatment for Cushings disease, acromegaly, or non-functioning macroadenomas (NFMA). We aimed to explore coping strategies in these patients, since this has never been done before.Design: A cross sectional study.Subjects: We included patients treated for Cushings disease (n=42), for acromegaly (n...

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ea0026p215 | Pituitary | ECE2011

Illness perceptions, quality of life and self-reported physical symptoms in patients after long-term remission of Cushing’s syndrome

Tiemensma J , Kaptein A A , Pereira A M , Smit J W A , Romijn J A , Biermasz N R

Context and objective: Illness perceptions pertain the pattern of beliefs patients develop about their illness. These views are determinants of behavior directed at the illness. Illness perceptions are determinants of quality of life (QoL). QoL remains impaired in patients after treatment of endogenous hypercortisolism, however, illness perceptions were never studied in these patients. The objective of the current study was to explore illness perceptions and its relation with ...

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Coping strategies in patients after treatment for functioning or non-functioning pituitary adenomas

Illness perceptions, quality of life and self-reported physical symptoms in patients after long-term remission of Cushing’s syndrome

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