[Emotional and psychosomatic disorder among female patients undergoing breast cancer diagnosis]. / Emotional and psychosomatic disorder among female patients undergoing breast cancer diagnosis.

UNLABELLED: Basics of psychoneuroimmunology indicate factors such as emotions, behaviour, personality and cognitive functions to have impact on weakening of immunological system and worsening the risk to develop medical conditions, including breast cancer. AIM: The aim of research was to attempt a coping of emotional and psychosomatic disorders among women undergoing breast tumor diagnostic process. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 145 female patients were included in the the research, among which 99 belonged to the research group (RG) and 46 belonged to the control group (CG). The average age in GB 49, 67 (± 9,47) i GK 46,43 (± 11,2). The research group members were undergoing diagnosis process for suspected breast cancer. The subjects filled out a survey and Symptom Questionnaire S-II, and were subject to mammographic and ultrasound examination, as well as aspiration biopsy was performed on them. 99 individual subjects were positively diagnosed with breast cancer, and 46 were negatively diagnosed. RESULTS: One in three women belonging to RG displayed emotional disorders. In CG only one in ten displayed symptoms of such disorders. Anxiety was the most common disorder mentioned by both RG and CG. There is however statistically relevant difference in anxiety intensity between the two groups. A statistically relevant corelation has been observed among members of the research group between certain psychosomatic disorders and a number of sociodemographic and medical variables' levels. CONCLUSIONS: Stress-related and formed psychophysiological and psychosomatic reactions are likely to play the role of psychosomatic and emotional factors leading to breast cancer development.

[Quality of life and depressive symptoms in patients diagnosed with uterus cancer]. / Jakosc zycia i depresyjnosc u pacjentek z rozpoznaniem raka trzonu macicy.

UNLABELLED: In the present study quality of life and depressive symptoms as well as the influence of illness on emotional state in patients with diagnosis of uterus cancer was evaluated. The aim of the study was to evaluate quality of life and depressive symptoms in women diagnosed with uterus cancer who underwent surgical treatment and complementary therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study has been conducted on randomly chosen group of 100 patients diagnosed with uterus cancer who underwent surgical treatment and adjunctive therapy. Surveys has been conducted 6 months after completed therapy when no recurrence of carcinomatous disease was confirmed. Quality of life was evaluated using quality of life questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 and depressive symptoms were measured by means of Beck's depression self-rating scale. RESULTS: In the conducted study in most cases patients with diagnosis of uterus cancer didn't show symptoms of depression and in 40% of patients there were mild symptoms of depressive disorder. The results show that patients without depressive symptoms had better quality of life compared to those with concomitant depressive symptoms and it was statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with diagnosed uterus cancer in whom no symptoms of depression were detected presented with better quality of life compared to patients with depressive symptoms. Emotional state of patients with uterus cancer can be an important factor influencing their quality of life.

[Salutogenesis--the extension of physician's capabilities]. / Salutogeneza--rozszerzenie mozliwosci dla lekarza.

Changes in medicine are not only technical but are also relating to people's awareness. The biomedical model is not sufficient to explain the various phenomena and processes of health and disease. Actually the most popular is the holistic approach. In the salutogenesis model, the essential issue is not the disease but the health. In this approach, among numerous variables, the most important is the sense of coherence (SOC) - the personal variability, the key to health. The psychological problems which are essential in Antonovsky's theory, refer to the physicians. Many of the contemporary researches refere to the medicine and psychology. The salutogenesis can be used in medicine as the extension of doctor's and patient's capabilities but not instead of medicine.