Depression, Anxiety and Coping Strategies in Cancer Patients: A Case Control Study
Abstract
Objectives: Psychiatric disorders frequently accompany chronic
diseases especially cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the
depression and anxiety levels and the coping strategies in cancer patients.
Materials and Methods: This was a
case control study conducted in Karabuk University Research Hospital ( KURH)
between January 2018 and December 2018. Case group constituted of patients with
an established diagnosis of cancer and control group included healthy
individuals. Coping Strategies Questionnaire (COPE), Beck Depression Inventory
(BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were performed for all participants.
Statistical analyzes were carried out using Minitab 17 Statistical Software.
Case versus control comparison for continues variables was conducted using Mann
Whitney U test. Degree of relationship between continues variables were
measured using Spearman's rank correlation. Chi-Squared test was used to
evaluate cross tabulated categorical data.
Results: 94 individuals were
included in the study. Both cancer and control groups consisted of 23 males and
24 females. Mean age was found 59.77±12.01 years for cancer patients and
59.06±12.36 for control group. BDI and BAI scores of the patients were
significantly higher compared to healthy individuals. Considering the cut-off
values; 60% (28/47) of the cancer patients were found depressed and 62% (29/47)
of them were found to have anxiety while in the control group both the
depression and anxiety prevalence was 28% (13/47) (p=0.004 and p=0.002
respectively). Both groups were similar regarding the coping strategies total
score (p=0.779). Turning to religion, humor, mental disengagement, denial and
substance use were seen more frequently in cancer patients compared to control
group (p=0.004, p=0.001, p=0.005, p=0.001 and p=0.004 respectively); whereas
active coping, restraint coping, acceptance and behavioral disengagement were
significantly more frequent in control group (p=0.001, p=0.039, p=0.026 and
p=0.055 respectively).
Humor, mental disengagement, denial and substance use were positively
correlated with BDI scores (r=0.30 p=0.003, r=0.38 p=0.001, r=0.29 p=0.004,
r=0.22 p=0.03 respectively). Turning to religion, humor, mental disengagement
and substance use were positively correlated with BAI scores (r=0.24 p=0.015,
r=0.25 p=0.013, r=0.31 p=0.001, r=0.23 p=0.024 respectively).
Conclusion: The results of the current
study revealed that cancer patients had higher levels of depression and anxiety
compared to healthy individuals and they had higher risk of being depressed or
anxious. Furthermore, the patients developed different strategies in order to
cope with the burden of this catastrophic disease. Therefore, cancer a
multifaceted condition which must be approached in a multidimensional manner,
taking psychological features of each individual into account.
Keywords
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Habibe İnci
Bu kişi benim
Fatih İnci
Bu kişi benim
Velittin Selçuk Engin
Bu kişi benim
Didem Adahan
Bu kişi benim
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
25 Eylül 2019
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 3
Cited By
Kanser Hastalarında Bilinçli Farkındalık Temelli Müdahalelerin Etkinliği ve Psikiyatri Hemşiresinin Rolü: Literatür Derlemesi
Kastamonu Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi
https://doi.org/10.59778/sbfdergisi.1520016