2010
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-010-2109-2
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Emotional State of Patients in Radiotherapy and How They Deal with Their Disorder

Abstract: Patients who had undergone stereotactic radiotherapy did not demonstrate higher values for anxiety, depression or PTS symptoms than patients treated with conventional radiotherapy. From the results submitted here it cannot be assumed that this form of treatment leads to an increased incidence of traumatic stress or even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). All in all, it is the type of underlying disorder (malignant/benign), which affects the extent of psychological stress experienced by patients following r… Show more

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“…The hopelessness and depression score in patients who had metastatic disease was higher than in those with local and regional disease. This finding was consistent with reports in the literature (Mystakidou et al, 2009;Voigtmann et al, 2010).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…The hopelessness and depression score in patients who had metastatic disease was higher than in those with local and regional disease. This finding was consistent with reports in the literature (Mystakidou et al, 2009;Voigtmann et al, 2010).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…Gerade bei komplexen und zeitlich intensiven onkologischen Therapien, wie denen der Radioonkologie, spielen Angst und Depressivität für viele Patienten -sowohl bei kurativer, als auch bei palliativer Intention -eine sehr entscheidende Rolle insbesondere auch im Hinblick auf die Lebensqualität [6,18,26].…”
Section: Diskussionunclassified
“…Depressivität (8-48%) stark voneinander ab [24]. Auch in einer Studie von Voigtmann et al [26] konnte -analog zu vorliegender Arbeit -bei strahlentherapeutischer Behandlung bei maligner Grunderkrankung einen Anteil von 15% der Patienten ermitteln werden, die vor Beginn der Strahlentherapie deutliche Angstsymptome aufwiesen.…”
Section: Diskussionunclassified
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