期刊
PSYCHOSOMATICS
卷 59, 期 3, 页码 251-258出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2018.01.007
关键词
Anxiety; Depression; Cancer; Oncology; Psycho-Oncology
资金
- Susan G. Komen Scholars [SAC100008]
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation [2015213]
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) [1KL2TR001109]
- NIH [1K07CA218167-01]
Background: Young adults with cancer experience disruptions in their normal developmental trajectories and commonly experience psychologic distress related to their diagnoses. Young women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) are at particular risk of adverse mental health outcomes. Objective: We sought to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with anxiety and depression symptoms in young women with newly diagnosed de novo MBC. Methods: A total of 54 women with newly diagnosed de novo MBC were identified from an ongoing, prospective, multicenter cohort of women diagnosed with breast cancer at age <40. Depression and anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Items assessing socio-demographics, physical symptom burden, social support, and disease and treatment history, with complementary medical record review, were used to assess variables potentially associated with anxiety and depression symptoms. Results: Mean HADS Depression score was 4.4 (standard deviation = 3.7) and mean HADS Anxiety score was 7.9 (standard deviation = 5.0). Eleven (20%) women scored >= 8 on the HADS Depression subscale, the suggested threshold for depression/anxiety screening, and 24 (44%) women scored >= 8 on the HADS Anxiety subscale. In a multivariable model of anxiety, higher physical symptom scores (odds ratio = 4.41, p = 0.005) was significantly associated with higher anxiety scores. None of the other variables improved the model fit. Conclusion: In this study, a considerable proportion of young women with newly diagnosed MBC experienced anxiety symptoms, although depression was less common. Future strategies focused on distress reduction in young MBC patients should focus on physical symptom management as well as anxiety identification and management.
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