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- Title
The mental health impacts of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis: A meta-analysis.
- Authors
Fortin, Justine; Leblanc, Mélissandre; Elgbeili, Guillaume; Cordova, Matthew J.; Marin, Marie-France; Brunet, Alain
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis can be a turning point with negative impacts on mental health, treatment and prognosis. This meta-analysis sought to determine the nature and prevalence of clinically significant psychological distress-related symptoms in the wake of a breast cancer diagnosis.<bold>Methods: </bold>Ten databases were searched between March and August 2020. Thirty-nine quantitative studies were meta-analysed.<bold>Results: </bold>The prevalence of clinically significant symptoms was 39% for non-specific distress (n = 13), 34% for anxiety (n = 19), 31% for post-traumatic stress (n = 7) and 20% for depression (n = 25). No studies reporting breast cancer patients' well-being in our specific time frame were found.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Mental health can be impacted in at least four domains following a diagnosis of breast cancer and such effects are commonplace. This study outlines a clear need for mitigating the impacts on mental health brought about by breast cancer diagnosis. CRD42020203990.
- Publication
British Journal of Cancer, 2021, Vol 125, Issue 11, p1582
- ISSN
0007-0920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1038/s41416-021-01542-3