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- Title
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST OR GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY.
- Authors
Afonso Regino, Patrícia; Elias, Thaís Cristina; Freitas Silveira, Caroline; Wide Pissetti, Cristina; de Araújo Pereira, Gilberto; da Silva, Sueli Riul
- Abstract
Sadness and grief are common reactions among people facing cancer, and these reactions can have an impact on their quality of life. The objective of this study was to determine the existence of correlations between depression and anxiety scores and quality of life domains, during pre- and post-chemotherapy. This was an observational, quantitative, descriptive study, with a longitudinal-prospective design. The 14 women who participated in the study had been diagnosed with breast or gynecological cancer and underwent chemotherapy between December 2012 and April 2013. The WHOQOL-BREF and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used. The data was collected through the individual responses of the women to the instruments. To correlate the anxiety and depression scores with the quality of life domains, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used. The physical health domain of quality of life had a negative correlation with depression during pre- and post-chemotherapy. There was also a negative correlation between the psychological and environment domains and anxiety and depression during pre- and post-chemotherapy. As for the social relationships domain, there was no correlation. It was concluded that anxiety and depression did not negatively influence the quality of life of the women in the physical health, psychological and environment domains.
- Subjects
BREAST tumor treatment; QUALITY of life; MENTAL health; ANXIETY; MENTAL depression; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; BODY image; CANCER chemotherapy; CANCER patient psychology; STATISTICAL correlation; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; SCIENTIFIC observation; COMORBIDITY; ATTITUDES toward death; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIAL support
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v17i4.40246