Depression, psychosocial variables and occurrence of life events among patients with cancer.
J Affect Disord
; 44(1): 21-30, 1997 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Depressive disorders and psychosocial related factors were investigated in 113 patients one year after the diagnosis of cancer. Patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of depression (31% of the sample) showed higher external locus of control, poorer social support, higher incidence of undesirable and/or uncontrollable events than non-depressed patients. They also differed in reporting more frequently a life-time history of emotional disorders, inability to adjust to the diagnosis of cancer and in having a lower score on the performance status. Of these factors, past psychiatric history, early maladjustment to cancer, poor social support and low performance status were predictors of depressive symptoms. However, because of the cross-sectional nature of the study, no conclusion regarding a causal relationship between depression and psychosocial variables is possible.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastorno Depresivo
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Acontecimientos que Cambian la Vida
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Affect Disord
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia