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Differences in depression, anxiety, and quality of life between women with and without breast pain prior to breast cancer surgery
- Source :
- European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society, vol 17, iss 2
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- Purpose of the researchLittle is known about the relationships between pain, anxiety, and depression in women prior to breast cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate for differences in anxiety, depression, and quality of life (QOL) in women who did and did not report the occurrence of breast pain prior to breast cancer surgery. We hypothesized that women with pain would report higher levels of anxiety and depression as well as poorer QOL than women without pain.Methods and sampleA total of 390 women completed self-report measures of pain, anxiety depression, and QOL prior to surgery.Key resultsWomen with preoperative breast pain (28%) were significantly younger, had a lower functional status score, were more likely to be Non-white and to have gone through menopause. Over 37% of the sample reported clinically meaningful levels of depressive symptoms. Almost 70% of the sample reported clinically meaningful levels of anxiety. Patients with preoperative breast pain reported significantly higher depression scores and significantly lower physical well-being scores. No between group differences were found for patients' ratings of state and trait anxiety or total QOL scores.ConclusionsOur a priori hypotheses were only partially supported. Findings from this study suggest that, regardless of pain status, anxiety and depression are common problems in women prior to breast cancer surgery.
- Subjects :
- Breast pain
Anxiety
7.1 Individual care needs
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Prevalence
skin and connective tissue diseases
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Cancer
Depression
Oncology (nursing)
Pain Research
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Breast cancer surgery
Mental Health
Female
Pain catastrophizing
Patient Safety
Chronic Pain
medicine.symptom
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Breast Neoplasms
Psychological distress
Nursing
Stress
Article
Breast cancer
Clinical Research
Breast Cancer
Behavioral and Social Science
medicine
Humans
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Extramural
business.industry
medicine.disease
Surgery
Multicenter study
Quality of Life
Physical therapy
Psychological
Management of diseases and conditions
business
Mind and Body
Stress, Psychological
Mastodynia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14623889
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Oncology Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....50893a557e997ae4b864ed9417c1080c