PMID- 21229636
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110301
LR  - 20140730
IS  - 1107-0625 (Print)
IS  - 1107-0625 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
DP  - 2010 Oct-Dec
TI  - Anxiety and depression in Turkish breast cancer patients.
PG  - 720-5
AB  - PURPOSE: we investigated the anxiety and depression rates in breast cancer 
      patients (BCPs) and compared their rates with a group of unemployed women 
      attending courses at a local government agency to increase their chances for 
      employment. METHODS: a total 129 BCPs were included [60 were treated and followed 
      up in Marmara University Hospital (PHG), 69 were from a private oncology clinic 
      (POG)] and 101 healthy people (control group; CG) came from a course for the 
      unemployed. All participants completed the Turkish-language version of the 
      Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. RESULTS: The mean ages of the BCPs and CG 
      were 52.7 +/- 13.1 and 38.9 +/- 11.9 years, respectively (p=0.001). Compared to the 
      CG, the percentage of housewives was significantly higher in the BCP group 
      (p=0.04). These 2 factors (age and profession) were not independent factors 
      predicting anxiety or depression (p>0.05). The rates of anxiety and depression 
      were 27.9 and 35.7% for BCP, 28.7 and 34.7% for CG, 33.3 and 51.7% for PHG, and 
      23.2 and 21.7% for POG, respectively. The difference of the rates of depression 
      between the POG and the PHG was significant (p=0.0001). CONCLUSION: the anxiety 
      and depression rates were not higher in BCPs than in the CG who had a risk factor 
      (such as unemployment) for psychosocial ill health. Being treated and/ or 
      followed up in a private office was related to lower depression rates.
FAU - Turhal, N S
AU  - Turhal NS
AD  - Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Istanbul, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Dane, F
AU  - Dane F
FAU - Sinav, H
AU  - Sinav H
FAU - Yalcin, N
AU  - Yalcin N
FAU - Khorshidi, Z
AU  - Khorshidi Z
FAU - Zeynep-Yalcin, Z
AU  - Zeynep-Yalcin Z
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PL  - Cyprus
TA  - J BUON
JT  - Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology
JID - 100883428
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Anxiety/*etiology
MH  - Breast Neoplasms/*complications/psychology
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Depression/*etiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Turkey
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/01/14 06:00
MHDA- 2011/03/02 06:00
CRDT- 2011/01/14 06:00
PHST- 2011/01/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/01/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/03/02 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J BUON. 2010 Oct-Dec;15(4):720-5.