Coping, Anxiety and Depression in Turkish Patients with Cancer

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

“…This could result from the common belief in society that women should have higher level of responsibilites. Similarly, different studies have also reported that female patients have higher anxiety levels compared to males (Atesci et al, 2003;Mystakidou et al, 2005;Dogar et al, 2009;Karabulutlu et al, 2010). In our study, we found that patients who were literate/elementary school graduate had higher anxiety levels compared to patients who were graduate/postgraduate.…”

Polymorphisms in MMP-2 and TIMP-2 in Turkish patients with prostate cancer

“…Early diagnostic methods could help to overcome this disease and therefore considerable effort has been made in this respect. The genetic tendencies of individuals have been studied for early diagnosis; the development and progression of cancer is affected by inherited or somatic genetic mutations (13,14). Despite the fact that prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the Western world, its prevalence differs markedly in various ethnic groups, suggesting the potential role of genetic predisposition to prostate cancer (15).…”

The Relationship between Siege Stressors, Anxiety, and Depression among Patients with Cancer in Gaza Strip

“…But, Gogne et al [26] found a significant correlation was observed between response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and depression levels in breast cancer patients. Karabulutlu et al [11] in his study revealed that, depression determined in 81.3% of the cancer patients. A positive, statistically significant relationship was found between the avoidance strategy and depression levels of the cancer patients.…”

“…However, Al-Jadili et al [3] revealed that state anxiety was at the highest rank 60.8%, followed by trait anxiety 54.6% among the cancer patients. Where, Karabulutlu et al [11] in his study revealed that anxiety was determined in 61.5% of the cancer patients. A positive, statistically significant relationship was found between the avoidance strategy and anxiety levels of the cancer patients.…”

“…This stress shows up as anxiety and/or depression [9]. These stressors may generate coping strategy, which may affect the mental health [10,11]. In a study to determine the levels of depression and anxiety, and coping strategies, and the effects of the levels of depression and anxiety on strategies for coping with stress in cancer patients.…”