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- Title
Does Assessment Method Matter in Detecting Mental Health Distress among Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Israeli Women with Breast Cancer?
- Authors
Nakash, Ora; Granek, Leeat; Cohen, Michal; Bar-Sela, Gil; Geffen, David; David, Merav Ben
- Abstract
Authors examined differences in assessment method (structured diagnostic interview versus self-report questionnaire) between ethnic groups in the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders among women with breast cancer. A convenience sample of 88 Mizrahi (Jews of Middle Eastern/North African descent, n = 42) and Ashkenazi (Jews of European/American descent, n = 46) women with breast cancer from oncology units in three health centers across Israel participated in the study. Participants were within eight months of diagnosis. Participants completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and a structured diagnostic interview, the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Approximately one-third (31.8 percent, n = 28) of participants were diagnosed with at least one mood or anxiety disorder based on the MINI. Significantly more Mizrahi participants (42.9 percent) were diagnosed with at least one mood or anxiety disorder, compared with their Ashkenazi counterparts (21.7 percent). Mean score on HADS was below the optimal cutoff score (≥13) among all participants, with no significant difference in mean score for emotional distress based on HADS between the two ethnic groups. The findings highlight the role of measurement variance in assessing mental health distress among women with breast cancer in general and among ethnic and racial minorities in particular.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; BREAST tumor diagnosis; RESEARCH methodology; SELF-evaluation; INTERVIEWING; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; AFFECTIVE disorders; DISEASE prevalence; HOSPITAL wards; ANXIETY disorders; JEWS; STATISTICAL sampling; MARITAL status; ASHKENAZIM; ONCOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 2020, Vol 45, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/hlaa004