Anxiety and depression in patients with gastrointestinal cancer: does knowledge of cancer diagnosis matter?

Tavoli, Azadeh; Mohagheghi, Mohammad Ali; Montazeri, Ali; Roshan, Rasol; Tavoli, Zahra; Sepideh, Omidvari

doi:10.1186/1471-230x-7-28

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“…These findings suggest that patients with lower educational level may have more difficulty in acquiring knowledge, understanding given information, and coping with problems. Contrary to our study, different studies have reported that educational level has no effect on anxiety and depression levels (Ozkan et al, 2007;Tavoli et al, 2007).…”

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“…Contrary to our findings, a study has shown that middle-aged and old patients with GI cancer have higher anxiety levels (Ozkan et al, 2007). However, similar to our study, another study has shown that age has no effect on depression levels (Tavoli et al, 2007). On the other hand, different studies have reported that elder patients have higher anxiety and depression levels (Nikbakhsh et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Similar to our study, Mystakidou et al (2005) have found that individuals who are not married experience more anxiety compared to married individuals. On the other hand, some studies have reported that marital status has no effect on anxiety and depression levels (Ozkan et al, 2007;Tavoli et al, 2007).…”

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Anxiety, Depression Levels and Quality of Life in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer in Turkey

Bektas¹,

Demir²

2016

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Anxiety, Depression Levels and Quality of Life in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer in Turkey

Bektas¹,

Demir²

2016

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Nevertheless, Tavoli et al (2007) performed a cross sectional study of anxiety and depression in 142 patients with gastrointestinal cancer, and found that psychiatric disorders occurred to lesser extent in patients who did not know their cancer diagnosis. Similarly in another study, it has been demonstrated that patients who are not aware of their cancer diagnosis had a more hopeful outlook to the outcome of treatment (Atesci et al, 2004).…”

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“…From the literature, previous studies have evaluated the psychological status throughout all phases of cancer and highlight several symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, in patients with cancer (Pirl et al, 2004;Tavoli et al, 2007;Nelson et al, 2009;Jadoon et al, 2010;Dempster et al, 2011;Hulbert-Williams et al, 2011). In past decades, a growing number of studies, looking at cancer patients undergoing interventional procedure, suggest severe psychological distress occurs in patients with cancer (Wang et al, 2008) and some symptoms can inhibit healing and interfere with clinical outcomes (Martin et al, 2005;Schupp et al, 2005;Sims et al, 2006).…”

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Factors Associated with Psychological Characteristics in Patients with Hepatic Malignancy before Interventional Procedures

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Yuan²,

Guan³

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Objective: To investigate the psychological characteristics of hepatic malignancy patients before interventional procedures and assess associations with related factors. Methods: Two hundred and thirteen patients requiring interventional procedure for hepatic malignancy were asked to complete a survey of health knowledge and psychological symptom on health knowledge questionnaire and SCL-90 before interventional procedure. Logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the association of various demographic, clinical and health knowledge factors with the presence of psychological symptoms in patients. Results: Eight psychological symptom scores, i.e. somatization, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobia, paranoid ideations and psychotic states, were significantly higher than the normal range (P< 0.001). Of 213 cases in the study, 49 families (23.00%) concealed the diagnoses of hepatic carcinoma from patients; 135 patients (63.38%) described the prognosis of the disease correctly. It was demonstrated that the correlations between psychological symptoms and related factors, i.e. age, gender, education, interventional procedure times and health knowledge, were statistically significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Psychological distress is severe in hepatic malignancy patients before interventional procedures. Age, gender, education, interventional procedure times and health knowledge are associated with psychological symptoms which are significant different from the normal range in Chinese.

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Lower risk of depression after smoking cessation and alcohol abstinence in patients with gastric cancer who underwent gastrectomy: A population‐based, nationwide cohort study

Chung

Kim

Cho

2023

Cancer

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BackgroundAlthough depression is associated with poor treatment outcomes in patients with cancer, little is known about whether lifestyle modifications could help prevent depression. The authors aimed to identify the effect of lifestyle modifications, including smoking cessation, alcohol abstinence, and starting regular physical activity, on new‐onset depression in patients with gastric cancer who underwent surgery.MethodsBy using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database, patients with gastric cancer who underwent surgery between 2010 and 2017 were identified. Self‐reported lifestyle behaviors within 2 years before and after surgery were analyzed using the health examination database. Patients were classified according to changes in lifestyle behaviors, and their risk of new‐onset depression was compared.ResultsAmong 18,902 patients, 2302 (12.19%) developed depression (26.00 per 1000 person‐years). Smoking cessation (hazard ratio [HR], 0.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.66–0.91) and alcohol abstinence (HR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.69–0.90) were associated with reduced risk of depression development compared with persistent smoking and persistent drinking, respectively. Starting regular physical activity was not associated with risk of depression. When lifestyle behaviors after gastrectomy were scored from 0 to 3 points (1 point each for not smoking, not drinking, and being physically active), the risk of depression tended to decrease as lifestyle scores increased from 0 points (reference) to 1 point (HR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.55–0.83), 2 points (HR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.50–0.76), and 3 points (HR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.45–0.68).ConclusionsSmoking cessation and alcohol abstinence are associated with reduced risk of developing depression in patients with gastric cancer who undergo surgery.

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Anxiety and depression in patients with gastrointestinal cancer: does knowledge of cancer diagnosis matter?

Cited by 127 publications

References 34 publications

Anxiety, Depression Levels and Quality of Life in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer in Turkey

Anxiety, Depression Levels and Quality of Life in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer in Turkey

Factors Associated with Psychological Characteristics in Patients with Hepatic Malignancy before Interventional Procedures

Lower risk of depression after smoking cessation and alcohol abstinence in patients with gastric cancer who underwent gastrectomy: A population‐based, nationwide cohort study

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