Depression And Anxiety Symptoms Following Cancer Diagnosis A Cross Sectional Study

All consecutive patients aged 18 or above were assessed before starting intravenous chemotherapy for the first time with the hospital anxiety and depression scale.

Depression and anxiety symptoms following cancer diagnosis a cross sectional study. Showed that about 50 of breast cancer affected patients had anxiety and depression in the 1st year and the rate dropped to 15 in 5th year while 45 of patients have anxiety or and depression within 3 months from diagnosis. Depression is a real illness. 1 a cedoc and mental health department nova medical school faculdade de ciências médicas universidade nova de lisboa lisboa portugal. Cardoso g 1 graca j 2 klut c 2 trancas b 2 papoila a 3.

The prevalence of depression and anxiety and its associated factors in cervical cancer are not well evaluated in china. A cross sectional study article pdf available in psychology health medicine 21 5 1 9 december 2015 with 199 reads. The aims of the present study were to assess demographic and clinical characteristics of patients after receiving a cancer diagnosis and to determine possible risk factors for anxiety and depression. In total 1053 patients with a confirmed cardiac diagnosis were included in the study with a participation rate of 96.

Based on the cds and dass 42 54 met the criteria for severe depression cds 100 and 19 2 for severe to very severe anxiety dass anxiety 15 respectively. The finding of this cross sectional study indicates high levels of anxiety among parents of children with cancer. This cross sectional study was conducted at the tertiary care hospitals shifa international hospital islamabad and nuclear medicine oncology and radiotherapy institute nori. Meanwhile with increasing attention given to positive psychological variables in oncology field there is a need to conduct a study to explore the integrative effects of positive psychological variables on depression anxiety so as to provide patients a more.

Found that 68 of mothers and 37 of fathers of children with cancer were at risk for clinical symptoms of anxiety 21. The hospital anxiety and depression scale cumulated data within a retrospective cross sectional study was used to estimate the prevalence of anxious and depressive symptoms that might reflect the presence of psychological distress. Depression and anxiety symptoms following cancer diagnosis. We examined data from charts during a 6 year period 2012 2017.

It is common to feel sad or discouraged after a heart attack a cancer diagnosis or if you are trying to manage a chronic condition like pain. In our study 42 of mothers and 35 of fathers had anxiety disorder. To find the prevalence of anxiety and depression amongst cancer patients in a hospital setting. Treatment can help you live to the fullest extent possible even when you have another illness.