Coping styles in decision-making among men and women diagnosed with malignant melanoma

Early care seeking is important for prognosis of malignant melanoma. Coping styles in decision-making to seek care can relate to prognosis since avoidant strategies could delay care seeking. The aim of this study was to compare self-reported coping styles in decision-making between men and women diagnosed with malignant melanoma. We used the Swedish version of the Melbourne Decision-Making Questionnaire to assess coping styles. Men generally scored higher in buck-passing while women and those living without a partner scored higher in hypervigilance. This knowledge could be used in the development of preventive programmes with intention to reach those who delay care seeking

Anxiety · Avoidance coping · Coping (psychology · Health care · Hypervigilance · Psychiatry · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Sex and Gender in Healthcare · Clinical Psychology

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