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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2024

Perceived Health Benefits in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients with Long-Term Postoperative Headache: Insights from Personality Traits and Pain Coping-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Mareike Thomas, Hannah Führes, Maximilian Scheer, Stefan Rampp, Christian Strauss, Robby Schönfeld, Bernd Leplow

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. No surgery, but headache exists? Quality of life with vestibular schwannoma.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  5. The Curious Case of Confounding Headaches.Case reports in rheumatology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mareike ThomasDepartment of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2122-6661
Hannah FühresDepartment of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Maximilian ScheerDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Halle, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120 Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3149-0797
Stefan RamppDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Halle, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120 Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4826-1520
Christian StraussDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Halle, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120 Halle, Germany.
Robby SchönfeldDepartment of Psychology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26-27, 06108 Halle, Germany.
Bernd LeplowDepartment of Psychology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26-27, 06108 Halle, Germany.
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity Hospital in Halle · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postoperative headaches (POHs) following retrosigmoid microsurgery for vestibular schwannoma (VS) can significantly impact patients' perceived health benefits (PHBs). In this cross-sectional observational study, 101 VS patients were investigated. For the assessment of pain, the Rostock Headache Compendium (RoKoKo) and the German pain processing questionnaire (FESV) were used. The perceived health benefits (PHBs) were assessed by the Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) and Big Five personality traits were measured using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-G). We showed that 55% of the participants experienced POHs, leading to a marked reduction in overall PHBs compared to those without POHs. The correlation analysis revealed an association between decreased PHBs and elevated levels of pain-related helplessness, depression, anxiety, and anger. Positive correlations were identified between PHBs and action-planning competence, cognitive restructuring, and the experience of competence. Low emotional stability and openness yielded associations with pain-related psychological impairment. Hearing loss and facial paresis did not exert a significant impact on PHBs. The study highlights the influence of pain-related coping strategies on PHBs in long-term POH patients. Thus, coping mechanisms and personality traits should be assessed even before surgery for post-surgery pain prevention. The limitations of this study include a relatively small sample size, potential biases introduced by the overrepresentation of female patients, and the use of an online survey methodology. In conclusion, this research highlights that the interplay between headaches, PHBs, and psychological factors is also relevant in VS patients undergoing microsurgery. Short-term psychological interventions should therefore be taken into account to improve post-surgery adaptive coping strategies.

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coping mechanismsmicrosurgerypain copingperceived health benefitspersonality traitspostoperative headachevestibular schwannoma

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PMID38248776
PMCPMC10817612
OpenAlexW4390673378

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