Distress, anxiety, and depression in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Chemotherapy for cancer is an intense and cyclic treatment associated with number of side-effects. The present study evaluated the effect of chemotherapy on distress, anxiety and depression. A total of 117 patients were evaluated by using distress inventory for cancer (DIC2) and hospital anxiety and...

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Published in:World journal of surgical oncology 2006-09, Vol.4 (1), p.68-68, Article 68
Main Authors: Pandey, Manoj, Sarita, Gangadharan P, Devi, Nandkumar, Thomas, Bejoy C, Hussain, Badridien M, Krishnan, Rita
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Language:English
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Summary:Chemotherapy for cancer is an intense and cyclic treatment associated with number of side-effects. The present study evaluated the effect of chemotherapy on distress, anxiety and depression. A total of 117 patients were evaluated by using distress inventory for cancer (DIC2) and hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS). Majority of the patients were taking chemotherapy for solid tumors (52; 44.4%). The mean distress score was 24, 18 (15.38%) were found to have anxiety while 19 (16.23%) had depression. High social status was the only factor found to influence distress while female gender was the only factor found to influence depression in the present study. The study highlights high psychological morbidity of cancer patients and influence of gender on depression. Construct of distress as evaluated by DIC 2 may have a possible overlap with anxiety.
ISSN:1477-7819
1477-7819
DOI:10.1186/1477-7819-4-68