Study of Depression in Women With Cervical and Breast Cancer

Abstract

BACKGROUND:There is considerable lack of scientific estimate of depressive disorder among cancer patients in India. OBJECTIVES: (1) To associate the depressive disorders between the cervical cancer and breast cancer patients and (2) to compare the level of depression score among cervical and breast cancer patients, and with medically ill inpatient population with some other medical illnesses. SETTING AND DESIGN: A cross-sectional study at inpatient Department of Bharath Cancer Hospital and JSS Medical College Hospital, Mysore. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study was conducted on admitted thirty breast and thirty cervical cancer inpatients in medical ward of JSS Hospital and Bharath Cancer Hospital, Mysore from December 2007 to august 2009. Data analysis was done for the both groups of cancer and with thirty control group of medically ill inpatient population with some other medical illnesses. Detailed psychological, sociodemographic characteristics were recorded in proforma specially designed for the study. Depression was assessed using MINI plus, HAMD scale and scoring was done. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Descriptive statistics, Cross tabs procedure, repeated measure ANOVA statistical methods were carried out through the SPSS for Windows (version 16.0). RESULTS: Major depressive disorder was present in 16.7% of breast cancer and 23.3% of cervical cancer patients.. There was no significant association between type of cancer (Breast cancer and cervical cancer) and depressive disorder. Depression score was found high in cervical cancer cases compare to breast cancer cases though difference in these scores were not statistically significant in between two cancer groups. Depression score was high and significant in both cancer groups as compare to control group. CONCLUSION: Depression is more prevalent in cancer patients than in other several medical illneses and adequate knowledge is required for psychosocial interventions and designing programs aimed at improving the quality of life of cancer patients.

A study on prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in advanced breast cancer patients at a tertiary cancer hospital in South India

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Perbedaan Tingkat Depresi Pasien Kanker Sebelum dan Sesudah Kemoterapi Pertama

“…Depresi pada pasien kanker disebabkan oleh stress yang berkaitan dengan diagnosis awal dan perawatan kanker, obat-obatan, gangguan mood, adanya riwayat depresi atau percobaan bunuh diri dimasa lalu, riwayat ketergantungan alkohol dan penyalahgunaan zat lain, adanya sifat neurotik, serta pengalaman hidup yang buruk (Mishra & Dwivedi, 2015). Kebanyakan pasien kanker dengan kemoterapi menunjukkan gejala stres fisik sebagai akibat buruk dari efek samping kemoterapi, ketidakpastian hasil pengobatan, dan masalah psikologis (Sonia et al, 2014).…”