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Distress levels in patients undergoing chemotherapy in Brazil.
Decat, Cristiane Sant'Anna; de Araujo, Tereza Cristina Cavalcanti Ferreira; Stiles, Jessica.
Afiliação
  • Decat CS; Psycho-Oncology Services, CETTRO-Centro de Câncer de Brasília (Brasilia Cancer Center), Brasília, DF, Brazil. cristiane@cettro.com.br
Psychooncology ; 20(10): 1130-3, 2011 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20740504
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to measure distress at three points during the course of chemotherapy: beginning, middle, and the last day of therapy in a private cancer center in Brazil. METHODS: One hundred patients were assessed at three points during chemotherapy using the Distress Thermometer (DT) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The data were analyzed with the support of SPSS 15.0 software. RESULTS: At the beginning of chemotherapy, patients mean scores were distress (82%), anxiety (78%) and depression (55%). In the middle of treatment, the percentages of distress, anxiety and depression decreased to 36.4, 25 and 25.3%, respectively. On the last day, the levels were 18.2% for distress and 14.3% for both anxiety and depression. CONCLUSION: Distress is highest in these patients at the beginning of chemotherapy, suggesting that evaluation of patients for psychosocial needs is important. Screening with a simple rapid instrument such as the DT is feasible and useful.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estresse Psicológico / Neoplasias Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Psychooncology Assunto da revista: NEOPLASIAS / PSICOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estresse Psicológico / Neoplasias Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Psychooncology Assunto da revista: NEOPLASIAS / PSICOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido