The results show differences between patients with hematological cancer and patients with solid tumors, and these differences concern the preference to participate in medical decisions. Hemato-oncological patients desire less active participation and prefer a more dominant role of the physician in the various areas requiring decisions. Physicians should respect this in the course of the treatment.
Between 2002 and 2004 485 cancer patients in oncological treatment were assessed for mental disorders using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID). Socio-demographic, psychosocial and medical data were taken as possible predictors into multivariate analysis. 32 % of the patients suffered from mental diseases. Significant risk factors for anxiety disorders were female sex, precedent mental trauma, children below 18 years; for affective disorders female sex, poor physical functioning; for stress disorders children below 18 years; for addictive disorders male sex, younger age, children from 18 years on, distant metastases. Additional psychosocial risk factors seem to be predominantly responsible for the development of a mental co-morbidity in inpatients with malignant diseases, which should be examined in doctor-patient-talks.
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