Clusters of resilience and vulnerability: executive functioning, coping and mental distress in patients with diffuse low-grade glioma.
Floor GelmersMarieke E TimmermanFemke F SiebengaHiska L van der WeideSandra E RakersMiranda C A KramerAnouk van der HoornRoelien H EntingIngeborg BosmaRob J M GroenHanne-Rinck JeltemaMichiel WagemakersJacoba M SpikmanAnne M BuunkPublished in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2024)
Four distinctive clusters with different levels of functioning and characteristics were identified. EF impairments did not hinder the use of active coping strategies. Moreover, maladaptive coping, but not EF impairment, was related to increased mental distress in patients with dLGG.