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Predictors of depressive symptoms among breast cancer patients during the first year post diagnosis

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Schlegel, Rebecca J., Manning, Mark A., Molix, Lisa A., Talley, Amelia E., Bettencourt, B. Ann·2012·Psychology & Health

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It is important to identify predictors of psychological health among breast cancer patients that can be relatively easily identified by medical care providers. This article investigates the role of one class of such potential predictors: easily identified demographics that have potential social and/or practical implications. Specifically, we examined whether income, marital status, presence of children in the home, education, travel distance, age and rurality interact with time to predict psychological health over the first year post diagnosis. Two hundred and twenty five breast cancer patients receiving radiation treatment completed four surveys over the course of 13 months that included measures of both their physical health and depressive symptoms. The results revealed that women who were not married had children living in the home or had to travel long distances to receive radiation treatment reported higher levels of depressive symptoms across the entire study. Women with lower incomes reported increased depressive symptoms, but only after the completion of treatment. Younger women reported elevated depressive symptoms during initial treatment, but this effect dissipated after the completion of treatment. The current results suggest that demographic patient characteristics may indeed be useful in identifying both when and for whom depressive symptoms are particularly likely to be problematic.

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  • Younger age is a risk factor for both persistent post-surgical pain and depression among women undergoing breast cancer surgery.

    “younger age is a risk factor for both persistent post-surgical pain and depression among women undergoing breast cancer surgery [3, 7, 8][5, 12].”

    From A single-session acceptance and commitment therapy intervention among women undergoing surgery for breast cancer: A randomized pilot trial to reduce persistent postsurgical pain. (2019) · cites this paper as [12]

    The Results (Trajectory differences; page not supplied) report that younger women had elevated depressive symptoms during radiation treatment, but that the age difference had dissipated by the final study waves. The paper does not establish younger age as a risk factor for persistent post-surgical pain, so it supports only the depression portion of the sentence, with a time-limited qualification. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. Lethborg CE Kissane D Burns WI Snyder R 2000 ‘Cast Adrift’: The experience of completing treatment among women with early stage breast cancer Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 18 73 90

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Authors
Schlegel, R. J., Manning, M. A., Molix, L. A., Talley, A. E., & Bettencourt, B. A.
Affiliations
  • Texas A&M University (US)
  • University of Missouri (US)
  • Tulane University (US)
Corresponding author
Bettencourt, B. Ann
Venue
Psychology & Health
Published
2012-03
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
277-293
ISSN
  • 0887-0446 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-8321
OpenAlex
W2045075972
Cited by
38
References
61
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FWCI
1.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychology and Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • National Cancer Institute (R03CA097916, CA97916-01)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
Keywords
breast cancer, depressive symptoms, mental health, demographic predictors, marital status, income, children in the home, travel distance, age, rurality, radiotherapy, cancer survivorship
MeSH terms
Aged, Breast Neoplasms, Depression, Female, Forecasting, Health Surveys, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Aged, Missouri, Marital Status

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