The Effect of Anxiety on Breast Cancer Patients

Baqutayan, Shadiya Mohamed Saleh

doi:10.4103/0253-7176.101774

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“…Cancer-related anxiety may manifest as digestive symptoms, such as nausea (Baqutayan 2012). Cancer-related anxiety may manifest as digestive symptoms, such as nausea (Baqutayan 2012).…”

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Quality of life: fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy versus enucleation treatment in uveal melanoma patients

Beek

Buitendijk

Timman³

et al. 2018

Acta Ophthalmologica

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Purpose: To report the quality of life and visual functioning in uveal melanoma patients treated with enucleation or fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy (fSRT).Methods: Uveal melanoma (UM) patients treated with fSRT (n = 65) or enucleation (n = 48) participated in this prospective study. Questionnaires to measure anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), subjective distress (Impact of Event Scale) and quality of life (EORTC-QLQ-C30 and National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25)) were obtained before treatment and 2, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 months after treatment.Results: Less peripheral vision was observed until 3 years (p = 0.026) posttreatment in enucleated patients compared to irradiated patients. From 2 months until 3 years posttreatment irradiated patients increase in role functioning-score (p = 0.005), while enucleated patients decrease in score (p = 0.012). Regardless of their treatment, for all patients we measured a reduction in physical functioning (p = 0.035), insomnia (p < 0.001) and in state anxiety from pretreatment until 2 years posttreatment (p < 0.001). An increase in pain overall (p = 0.023) and in emotional functioning is observed 1 year posttreatment (p < 0.001). At baseline, patients with metastases (independent of their treatment) have more subjective distress (p = 0.037) than patients without metastases. The mean 'global health score' overall, without effect of time, was 76.4 (SD: 13.6).Conclusion: Enucleated patients had more difficulty working or performing household tasks 2 months posttreatment compared to irradiated patients. Enucleated patients had diminished peripheral vision until 3 years compared to irradiated patients. Overall quality of life is not significantly different between both treatment groups.

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“…Cancer-related anxiety may manifest as digestive symptoms, such as nausea (Baqutayan 2012). Cancer-related anxiety may manifest as digestive symptoms, such as nausea (Baqutayan 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Quality of life: fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy versus enucleation treatment in uveal melanoma patients

Beek

Buitendijk

Timman³

et al. 2018

Acta Ophthalmologica

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“…The cancer diagnosis is followed by lack of patient's personal control over treatment method and uncertainty of its outcome. Therefore, psychological problems are associated with cancer (1). Among different types of cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of death due to cancer among Iranian women (2).…”

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Relationship Between Defense Mechanisms and the Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer

Talepasand

Mahfar

2018

Int J Cancer Manag

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Background: Patients with breast cancer often experience severe psychological distress after awareness of cancer and during the course of treatment, and have lower physical and psychological quality in their life. Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between defense mechanisms in cancer patients with various aspects of their quality of life. Methods:The present study is a correlational study. Participants were 96 women with breast cancer who were referred and hospitalized at Imam Khomeini hospital in Tehran in summer of 2015 and were selected by convenience sampling. They completed defense mechanisms and general quality of life questionnaires. Data were analyzed using canonical correlation model. Results: Two significant canonical functions were identified in data. First canonical function showed that too much use of displacement and regression defense mechanisms are accompanied with low level of quality of life in physical, cognitive and role aspects. Second canonical function showed that too much use of reaction formation and projection defense mechanisms are associated with lower levels of quality of life in cognitive and role aspects. Conclusions: Paying attention to psychological factors and defense mechanisms that are used by cancer patients could help clinical therapists to make very effective mental health interventions.

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“…In breast cancer, assessment can identify concurrent psychological symptoms such as depression [4] or anxiety [5] as well as the psychosocial sequelae of pain including fear [6], insomnia [7], or agitation [8]. Therefore, the treatment of cancer pain inherently requires psycho as well as physical therapies.…”

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confidence: 99%