Emotional functioning to screen for psychological distress in breast and colorectal cancer patients prior to adjuvant treatment initiation

Calderón, Caterina; Carmona‐Bayonas, Alberto; Jara, Carlos; Beato, Carmen; Mediano, Mariló; Cajal, Teresa Ramón y; Soriano, M.C.; Jiménez‐Fonseca, Paula

doi:10.1111/ecc.13005

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“…The 4‐item emotional functioning subscale (Aaronson et al, 1993) assess feeling tense, worrying, feeling depressed and being irritable. A lower score on the emotional functional scale means a higher negative affect (Calderon et al, 2019; Lidington et al, 2022).…”

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Comparing survival rates for clusters of depressive symptoms found by Network analysis' community detection algorithms: Results from a prospective population‐based study among 9774 cancer survivors from the PROFILES‐registry

Hinnen,

Hochstenbach,

Mols

et al. 2023

British J Clinic Psychol

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ObjectivesPrevious studies have shown that depression is associated with mortality in patients with cancer. Depression is however a heterogeneous construct and it may be more helpful to look at different (clusters) of depressive symptoms than to look at depression as a discrete condition. The aim of the present study is to investigate whether clusters of depressive symptoms can be identified using advanced statistics and to investigate how these symptom clusters are associated with all‐cause mortality in a large group of patients with cancer.MethodData from a large population‐based cohort study (PROFILES) including various cancer types were used. Eligible patients completed self‐report questionnaires (i.e. Fatigue assessment scale, Hospital anxiety and depression scale, EORTC QOL‐C30) after diagnosis. Survival status was determined on 31 January 2022.ResultsIn total, 9744 patients were included. Network analyses combining different community detection algorithms showed that clusters of depressive symptoms could be detected that correspond with motivational anhedonia, consummatory anhedonia and negative affect. Survival analyses using the variables that represented these clusters best showed that motivational and consummatory anhedonia were associated with survival. Even after controlling for clinical and sociodemographic variables items assessing motivational anhedonia were significantly associated with mortality over time.ConclusionSeparate clusters of symptoms that correspond with motivational and consummatory anhedonia and negative affect can be distinguished and anhedonia may be associated with mortality more than negative affect. Looking at particular (clusters of) depressive symptoms may be more informative and clinically relevant than using depression as a single construct (i.e. syndrome).

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Comparing survival rates for clusters of depressive symptoms found by Network analysis' community detection algorithms: Results from a prospective population‐based study among 9774 cancer survivors from the PROFILES‐registry

Hinnen,

Hochstenbach,

Mols

et al. 2023

British J Clinic Psychol

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“…Maintenance of QOL patients is the second most important task of anticancer treatment after overall survival. According to modern international standards of cancer care, dis tress is one of the 6 main physiological indicators de termined in cancer patients on admission to the hospi tal, along with heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate and pain [9][10][11].…”

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Assessment of Distress Dynamics and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients at the Stage of Radiation Therapy and Possibilities of Their Correction

Krasnoselskyi¹,

Kyrylova²,

Rublova³

et al. 2022

Probl Radiac Med Radiobiol

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Radiation therapy (RT) is the main type of antitumor treatment in inoperable patients. Low awareness and fear of the development of radiation reactions contributes to the destabilization of psycho-emotional state of patients, which can result in withdrawal from treatment and deterioration of their quality of life (QOL). Despite a steady increase in cancer rates in Ukraine, there are currently no studies to develop measures to improve psychological condition of patients undergoing treatment in radiation therapy departments. Objective: to assess the dynamics of psycho-emotional status and QOL of cancer patients at the stage of radiation therapy. Materials and methods. The study involved psychodiagnostic examination of 66 cancer patients who underwent radiation treatment in the clinic of the State Organization «Grigoriev Institute for Medical Radiology and Oncology of the NAMS of Ukraine», of whom Group 1 included 44 patients with head and neck cancer, Group 2 comprised 22 patients with colorectal cancer. Comparison group comprised 30 conditionally «healthy» respondents without cancer. All patients had stage III–IV cancer. The study implied the employment of «Distress Thermometer», Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the SF-36 Questionnaire (Short Form). The examination was performed before and following the course of radiation therapy. Group 1 patients underwent only psychodiagnostic examination, Group 2 patients apart from psychodiagnostic were accompanied by a psychologist before undergoing radiation procedures. In the comparison group, the survey was conducted once. Results and discussion. Assessment of the data showed that before the start of RT most subjects (72.73 % in Group 1 and 77.3 % in Group 2) had a high level of distress, they were worried and nervous before the first radiation procedure, had fears about the consequences and side effects. The level of anxiety in Group 1 at the pathological and subclinical level was recorded in 54.55 % of patients, the rate of depression at the subclinical level was diagnosed in 18.20 %, and in 9.10 % of patients at the clinical one. In Group 2, the level of anxiety that exceeded the norm was recorded significantly less often (27.25 % vs. 54.55 %, pt ≤ 0.05), and the rate of depression at the subclinical level was diagnosed significantly more often than in Group 1 (54.50 % vs. 18.20 %, pt ≤ 0.05), and in 18.2 % of patients at the clinical level. After radiation, 81.81 % of Group 1 patients showed an increase in distress and anxiety, and depressive symptoms tended to worsen. The level of distress in Group 2 after consulting a psychologist in preparation for RT and undergoing radiation procedures decreased almost twice, the level of anxiety decreased to normal, the indicators of depressive symptoms remained unchanged. According to QOL assessments on the scales of physical and role functioning (PF and RP), general health (GH) and mental health (MH), patients in both groups had significantly lower scores before the RT than in the comparison groups. After the procedures, there was a significant deterioration in the RP scale in Group 1 (18.75 vs. 40.00, pt ≤ 0.05), and an improvement of almost 2 times in Group 2 (35.73 vs. 68.33, pt ≤ 0.06). The indicator of general health (GH) at the end of RT in Group 1 did not change, and in Group 2 it tended to improve (20.93 vs. 47.26, pt ≤ 0.06). Life expectancy (LE) in Group 1 tended to decrease further after treatment, having increased 1.7 times in Group 2.0 Conclusions. The study showed that cancer patients before the onset of RT experienced a rather strong distress and level of anxiety. Psychological correction of the emotional state at the beginning of treatment allowed for a significant improvement in the QOL of patients on the scales of role physical functioning (RF) and vitality (VT). An important area of work of a clinical psychologist at this stage of treatment involved correction of cognitive sphere, support of role functioning and formation of behavior aimed at further treatment. Key words: oncology, radiation therapy, quality of life, psychological stress, distress, patients with colorectal cancer, patients with head and neck cancer.

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Association between pretreatment emotional distress and neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade response in melanoma

Fraterman,

Reijers,

Dimitriadis

et al. 2023

Nat Med

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Emotional functioning to screen for psychological distress in breast and colorectal cancer patients prior to adjuvant treatment initiation

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Comparing survival rates for clusters of depressive symptoms found by Network analysis' community detection algorithms: Results from a prospective population‐based study among 9774 cancer survivors from the PROFILES‐registry

Comparing survival rates for clusters of depressive symptoms found by Network analysis' community detection algorithms: Results from a prospective population‐based study among 9774 cancer survivors from the PROFILES‐registry

Assessment of Distress Dynamics and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients at the Stage of Radiation Therapy and Possibilities of Their Correction

Association between pretreatment emotional distress and neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade response in melanoma

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