Physical Activities and Distress among Participants of a Cancer Wellness Centre: A Community-Based Pilot Study

Leimanis, Mara L.; Fitzpatrick, Tanya R.

doi:10.4172/2329-9096.1000193

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“…Similar findings were reported by Pandey et al and Leimanis and Fitzpatrick, while Nikbakhsh et al found no significant relationships between anxiety and depression with gender. 12,15,16 In the present study, psychological distress in cancer patients increased with increasing age and this was found to be significant statistically. The association between education, employment and socio-economic status and psychological distress was found to be highly significant statistically.…”

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Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress among cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital in northern India

Mason

Juyal

Das³

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Patients diagnosed with cancer are usually exposed to high level of mental stress and hence invariably lend in psychological distress. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of psychological distress amongst cancer patients and determine its association with socio-demographic factors.Methods: This hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted at a cancer research institute of district Dehradun. Purposive sampling was used to select the hospital and recruiting patients. All eligible patients, giving written consent for the study were interviewed and distress related information was gathered using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The data were collected for two months and sample size of 208 was achieved. Data was entered in SPSS 22.0 and association of different variables with psychological distress was determined by chi-square test..Results: The mean age of the surveyed cancer patients was 51.05±15.68 years and the male female ratio was 1.7. Prevalence of psychological distress was found to be 38.5% and significantly more female patients than male patients (47.4% and 33.3% respectively) had distress. The association between psychological distress and increasing age, sex, literacy and employment status was found to be significant.Conclusions: Approximately 39% of cancer patients had psychological distress (anxiety/ depression/ both). The prevalence of psychological distress was found to be significantly higher in female patients, older age, patients with no formal education, unemployment and lower socio-economic status. Appropriate psychiatric interventions/ counselling following diagnosis and during therapy may be effective in reducing distress and improving quality of life in cancer patients.

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“…Similarly, Leimanis and Fitzpatrick reported physical activity (METs score) to be negatively correlated with distress suggesting that as physical activities increased, distress levels decreased. 15…”

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confidence: 99%