Symptoms of depression and anxiety in cancer outpatients: predictive variables / Síntomas de depresión y ansiedad en pacientes con cáncer: variables predictivas
Psicooncología (Pozuelo de Alarcón)
; 15(2): 373-384, jul.-dic. 2018. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: ibc-178680
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
The objectives of the present study are to investigate the association among symptoms of depression and anxiety, sociodemographic variables and personality factors and also verify the predictive power of these variables in cancer outpatients.Method:
The sample was composed by 220 individuals, 138 (62.7%) women and 82 (37.3%) men. The instruments used were Questionnaire on sociodemographic and clinical data; NEO-FFI Personality Inventory Revised (NEO-FFI-R) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The t test and the Spearman correlation were used to verify the relation between sociodemographic and clinic variables and symptoms of anxiety and depression. A Multiple Linear Regression analysis was made to verify the predictive power of sociodemographic and clinic variables and personality factors.Results:
The personality factor neuroticism was predictor of anxiety symptoms. The variable previous psychiatric history and the personality factors neuroticism and extraversion were predictors of depressive symptoms.Conclusion:
Depression and anxiety symptoms are associated with some sociodemographic variables and personality factors, and these variables can be deemed risk factors for the development of these symptoms. It is important that health professionals who follow-up this population design strategies to collect this information, in order to help patients manage treatment the best way possible
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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Ansiedade
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Personalidade
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Depressão
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Neoplasias
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Psicooncología (Pozuelo de Alarcón)
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Centro Universitário Metodista IPA/Brazil