Rabia GEYİKÇİ, SONER ÇAKMAK, MEHMET EMİN DEMİRKOL, Şükrü UĞUZ

Correlation of Anxiety and Depression Levels with Attitudes Towards Coping with Illness and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Patients with a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of anxiety and depression levels of breast cancer patients that had completed a year since receiving the diagnosis with their sociodemographic characteristics and attitudes towards coping with their disease. Method: This study was conducted with 94 female patients between the ages of 35 and 65 years who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and who were treated at the Oncology Department of Cukurova University’s Faculty of Medicine between June 5 and July 31, 2017. Data were collected via a personal information form prepared by the investigator, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and COPE inventory. Results: It was found that 27.7% and 16.0% of patients with breast cancer who had completed one year of treatment and had not presented or been referred to psychiatry experienced clinically relevant anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms, respectively. A positive relationship was found between depression and anxiety in breast cancer patients (p

Meme kanseri tanısı olan hastalarda anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerinin hastalıkla başa çıkma tutumları ve sosyodemografik özellikleri ile ilişkisi

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı tanı aldıktan sonra birinci yılını tamamlamış meme kanseri hastalarının anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerinin, hastalıkla başa çıkma tutumları ve sosyodemografik özellikleri ile ilişkisinin incelemesidir. Yöntem: Bu çalışma, 5 Haziran-31 Temmuz 2017 tarihlerinde Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Balcalı Hastanesi Onkoloji Polikliniğinde tedavi gören, 35-65 yaş aralığındaki 94 meme kanseri kadın hastayla yapılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama amacı ile araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan kişisel bilgi formu, Beck Depresyon Envanteri (BDE), Beck Anksiyete Envanteri (BAE), COPE (Başa Çıkma Tutumlarını Değerlendirme Ölçeği) kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Tedavide bir yılını tamamlamış ve psikiyatrik başvurusu olmamış veya yönlendirilmemiş meme kanseri hastalarının %27.7’sinde klinik olarak değerlendirmeyi gerektirecek düzeyde anksiyete, %16.0’ında depresyon belirtileri saptanmıştır. Meme kanseri hastalarında depresyon ve anksiyete arasında pozitif bir ilişki belirlenmiştir (p

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