The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the writing technique on postoperative course in interaction with different levels of risk. Participants were 40 urologic inpatients waiting to undergo transurethral resection of the prostate, with different levels of surgical risk as assessed with the Goldman Preoperative Risk Index (L. Goldman et al., 1978). Only 20 participants wrote for 3 days about the experience of being in the hospital. Measures were days of stay in the hospital after the operation, the Symptom Check List (SCL-90; L. R. Derogatis, 19 77; Italian version: G. Magni, C. Messina, D. De Leo, A. Mosconi, & M. Carli, 1983) scores, and a medical evaluation of postoperative course. A significant positive effect of writing on all three dependent variables emerged only in low-risk participants. High-risk writing participants showed a nonsignificantly worse postoperative course on all parameters than did high-risk nonwriting participants. In highly stressful conditions, writing therefore should be employed only with caution. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Differential health effects of written processing of the experience of a surgical operation in high- and low-risk conditions / Solano, Luigi; Luisa, Pepe; Valentina, Donati; Stefano, Persichetti; Laudani, Guido; Andrea, Colaci. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0021-9762. - STAMPA. - 63:4(2007), pp. 357-369. [10.1002/jclp.20355]

Differential health effects of written processing of the experience of a surgical operation in high- and low-risk conditions

SOLANO, Luigi;LAUDANI, Guido;
2007

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the writing technique on postoperative course in interaction with different levels of risk. Participants were 40 urologic inpatients waiting to undergo transurethral resection of the prostate, with different levels of surgical risk as assessed with the Goldman Preoperative Risk Index (L. Goldman et al., 1978). Only 20 participants wrote for 3 days about the experience of being in the hospital. Measures were days of stay in the hospital after the operation, the Symptom Check List (SCL-90; L. R. Derogatis, 19 77; Italian version: G. Magni, C. Messina, D. De Leo, A. Mosconi, & M. Carli, 1983) scores, and a medical evaluation of postoperative course. A significant positive effect of writing on all three dependent variables emerged only in low-risk participants. High-risk writing participants showed a nonsignificantly worse postoperative course on all parameters than did high-risk nonwriting participants. In highly stressful conditions, writing therefore should be employed only with caution. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
2007
written disclosure; prostate; expressive writing; postoperative course; health; surgical risk; distress
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Differential health effects of written processing of the experience of a surgical operation in high- and low-risk conditions / Solano, Luigi; Luisa, Pepe; Valentina, Donati; Stefano, Persichetti; Laudani, Guido; Andrea, Colaci. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0021-9762. - STAMPA. - 63:4(2007), pp. 357-369. [10.1002/jclp.20355]
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