Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit

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Autor(a) principal: Chaves, Ana Cristina [UNIFESP]
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Pinto, Renata Novaes [UNIFESP], Lourenço, Maria Teresa Duarte Pereira da Cruz [UNIFESP], Mari, Jair de Jesus [UNIFESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
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Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2005000900018
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2659
Resumo: The prevalent rate of psychiatry morbidity amongst patients with cancer reported in various studies ranges from 5 to 50%, a variation that can be attributed to differences in sample size, the disease itself and treatment factors. The objectives of the present study were to determine the frequency of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients and try to identify which factors might be related to further psychological distress. Two hundred and eleven (70.9%) female patients and 87 (29.1%) male patients from the chemotherapy unit of the Cancer Hospital A.C. Camargo (São Paulo) completed a questionnaire that featured data on demographic, medical and treatment details. The Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) was administered to the patients to determine their personal psychiatric morbidity. Seventy-two patients (25.8%) scored> or = 8 in the SRQ-20, the cut-off point for a patient to be considered a psychiatric case. When the low and high scoring groups were compared no differences were detected regarding age, marital status, tumor site, sex, or previous treatment. Nonetheless, patients in the lowest social class and those who were bedridden less than 50% of the time had a significantly higher probability of being a psychiatric case. Regarding help-seeking behavior in situations in which they had doubts or were frightened, about 64% of the total sample did not seek any type of support and did not talk to anyone. This frequency of psychiatric morbidity agrees with data from the cancer literature. According to many investigators, the early detection of a comorbid psychiatric disorder is crucial to relieve a patient's suffering.
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spelling Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unitPsychiatric morbidityCancerChemotherapyCommunicationPsychological distressThe prevalent rate of psychiatry morbidity amongst patients with cancer reported in various studies ranges from 5 to 50%, a variation that can be attributed to differences in sample size, the disease itself and treatment factors. The objectives of the present study were to determine the frequency of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients and try to identify which factors might be related to further psychological distress. Two hundred and eleven (70.9%) female patients and 87 (29.1%) male patients from the chemotherapy unit of the Cancer Hospital A.C. Camargo (São Paulo) completed a questionnaire that featured data on demographic, medical and treatment details. The Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) was administered to the patients to determine their personal psychiatric morbidity. Seventy-two patients (25.8%) scored> or = 8 in the SRQ-20, the cut-off point for a patient to be considered a psychiatric case. When the low and high scoring groups were compared no differences were detected regarding age, marital status, tumor site, sex, or previous treatment. Nonetheless, patients in the lowest social class and those who were bedridden less than 50% of the time had a significantly higher probability of being a psychiatric case. Regarding help-seeking behavior in situations in which they had doubts or were frightened, about 64% of the total sample did not seek any type of support and did not talk to anyone. This frequency of psychiatric morbidity agrees with data from the cancer literature. According to many investigators, the early detection of a comorbid psychiatric disorder is crucial to relieve a patient's suffering.Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Escola Paulista de Medicina Departamento de PsiquiatriaHospital A.C. CamargoUNIFESP, EPM, Depto. de PsiquiatriaSciELOAssociação Brasileira de Divulgação CientíficaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)Hospital A.C. CamargoChaves, Ana Cristina [UNIFESP]Pinto, Renata Novaes [UNIFESP]Lourenço, Maria Teresa Duarte Pereira da Cruz [UNIFESP]Mari, Jair de Jesus [UNIFESP]2015-06-14T13:31:43Z2015-06-14T13:31:43Z2005-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion1423-1427application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2005000900018Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, v. 38, n. 9, p. 1423-1427, 2005.10.1590/S0100-879X2005000900018S0100-879X2005000900018.pdf0100-879XS0100-879X2005000900018http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2659WOS:000231773600018ark:/48912/001300000md64engBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESPinstname:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)instacron:UNIFESP2024-08-05T23:14:07Zoai:repositorio.unifesp.br/:11600/2659Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://www.repositorio.unifesp.br/oai/requestbiblioteca.csp@unifesp.bropendoar:34652024-12-11T20:24:56.030876Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP - Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
title Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
spellingShingle Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
Chaves, Ana Cristina [UNIFESP]
Psychiatric morbidity
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Communication
Psychological distress
title_short Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
title_full Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
title_fullStr Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
title_full_unstemmed Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
title_sort Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit
author Chaves, Ana Cristina [UNIFESP]
author_facet Chaves, Ana Cristina [UNIFESP]
Pinto, Renata Novaes [UNIFESP]
Lourenço, Maria Teresa Duarte Pereira da Cruz [UNIFESP]
Mari, Jair de Jesus [UNIFESP]
author_role author
author2 Pinto, Renata Novaes [UNIFESP]
Lourenço, Maria Teresa Duarte Pereira da Cruz [UNIFESP]
Mari, Jair de Jesus [UNIFESP]
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Hospital A.C. Camargo
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Chaves, Ana Cristina [UNIFESP]
Pinto, Renata Novaes [UNIFESP]
Lourenço, Maria Teresa Duarte Pereira da Cruz [UNIFESP]
Mari, Jair de Jesus [UNIFESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Psychiatric morbidity
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Communication
Psychological distress
topic Psychiatric morbidity
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Communication
Psychological distress
description The prevalent rate of psychiatry morbidity amongst patients with cancer reported in various studies ranges from 5 to 50%, a variation that can be attributed to differences in sample size, the disease itself and treatment factors. The objectives of the present study were to determine the frequency of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients and try to identify which factors might be related to further psychological distress. Two hundred and eleven (70.9%) female patients and 87 (29.1%) male patients from the chemotherapy unit of the Cancer Hospital A.C. Camargo (São Paulo) completed a questionnaire that featured data on demographic, medical and treatment details. The Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) was administered to the patients to determine their personal psychiatric morbidity. Seventy-two patients (25.8%) scored> or = 8 in the SRQ-20, the cut-off point for a patient to be considered a psychiatric case. When the low and high scoring groups were compared no differences were detected regarding age, marital status, tumor site, sex, or previous treatment. Nonetheless, patients in the lowest social class and those who were bedridden less than 50% of the time had a significantly higher probability of being a psychiatric case. Regarding help-seeking behavior in situations in which they had doubts or were frightened, about 64% of the total sample did not seek any type of support and did not talk to anyone. This frequency of psychiatric morbidity agrees with data from the cancer literature. According to many investigators, the early detection of a comorbid psychiatric disorder is crucial to relieve a patient's suffering.
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