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Prevalence of depression and anxiety among patients with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study
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Abbas Bukhari, Ali Farsi, Fawaz Albaqami, Abdulaziz Jowharji, Mansoor Radwi, Abdalmohsen Albaqami, Mohammed Fallatah, Abdullah Alammari, Waleed Alghamdi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952506

Women's Expectations and Satisfaction with the Quality of Antenatal Care at the Primary Health Care Centers in Unaizah City
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Sadeem Alrobiaee, Saulat Jahan
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952507

Pulmonary hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in sickle cell diseases
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Engin Altintas, Atilla Yalcin, Orhan Ekrem Muftuoglu,
Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952508

Positive and negative acute phase reactants in sickle cell diseases
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Engin Altintas, Atilla Yalcin, Orhan Ekrem Muftuoglu, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952509

Population and Community Studies

An Overview of Biological Warfare and SARS-CoV-2 as a Potential Biological Agent
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Basem Mohammad Mansour, Deaa Mohammad Alsoleman, Suhail Haydar Alghanem
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525010

Clinical Audit on Well Baby Services at Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar
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Noora Alkubaisi, Ansif Pallath Majeed, Hanan Al Mujalli, Abdul Ali Shah,
Sharifullah Khan, Manickavalli M S Anand, Mohammed Asif AbdulGafoor
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525012

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Fake Covid vaccine found in Iran - and beyond?
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Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525016

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Cystic Fibrosis: A Review Article
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Hani Raka Karrar, Mahmoud Ismail Nouh, Abdulmohsen Aqeel G. Alanazi,
Sultan Essa Alharbi, Fahad Nuwayfi Almutairi, Hussain Ali Abdullah Alhammad,
Abdullah Ali Hassan Sadeeg, Mohammed Aljunaid Alamin Alsheikh,
Wafa mohammed alshaikh, Mohammed yousef Alyahya, Wejdan Ali Sulieman makki, Hashima Mohammed Alhazmi,
Amal saleem Almutairi, Rehab Salah Aldin Alhendi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525014

Case Report

Early-onset CTCL, localized and unilateral - case review
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Ebtisam Elghblawi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525015

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Study the clinical futures of vitiligo among Yemeni patients in Aden
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Asia Hassan Abdulla Saleh, Amer Bin Al-Zou
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525017

Surgical treatment and Survival of Gallbladder Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review
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Ali Ibrahim A. Alshehri
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525019

Shared Decision-Making and its Impact on Medication Adherence among Hypertensive Patients in Northern Saudi Arabia
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Mutasim Almuayqil, Abdusalam Alghamdi, Fahad Alruwaili, Nashmi Al-Etesh
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525020

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March 2022 - Volume 20, Issue 3

Prevalence of depression and anxiety among patients with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study


Abbas Bukhari (1)
Ali Farsi (2)
Fawaz Albaqami (1)
Abdulaziz Jowharji (1)
Mansoor Radwi (3)
Abdalmohsen Albaqami (1)
Mohammed Fallatah (1)
Abdullah Alammari (1)
Waleed Alghamdi (4)

(1) College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
(2) Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
(3) Department of Hematology, College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
(4) Division of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding author:
Dr. Fawaz AlbaqamiMedical Intern, College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Tel.: 966534704213
Email: Iifawaz.16@gmail.com

Received: January 2022; Accepted: February 2022; Published: March 1, 2022. Citation: Abbas Bukhari et al. Prevalence of depression and anxiety among patients with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study. World Family Medicine. 2022; 20(3): 6-14. DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952506

Abstract


Background: Breast cancer patients have a significant rate of depression, according to prior studies. During some phases of patient management, particularly early after surgery, these patients are at risk for depression.

Objectives: to assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety among patients with breast cancer and risk factors associated with it.

Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 74 patients diagnosed with breast cancer in the general surgery clinic at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two questionnaires were used, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), filled in by patients who attended the clinic or electronically by sending the questionnaires to the patients. Significant depression was defined as PHQ-9 score 10 and significant anxiety was defined as GAD-7 score 10. Sociodemographic and medical data were also collected. This research was approved by the unit of biomedical ethics at King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine.

Results: From the 74 patients with breast cancer, 36% of the women were found to have depression and 24% were found to have anxiety and the prevalence of having both depression and anxiety was 23.0%. Mean PHQ-9 score was (8.9, SD: 5.8). The mean GAD-7 score was (6.7, SD: 5.2). Significant depression and significant anxiety were found to be more in Saudi nationals, those who did not go for surgical therapy, patients with metastatic disease at the time of filling in the questionnaire and married women. These results were not statistically significant.

Conclusion: This study showed that the prevalence of depression and anxiety was similar to previously conducted studies; it also showed no associations between the risk factors studied and anxiety or depression in patients with breast cancer.

Keywords: Breast Cancer, depression, anxiety, Saudi Arabia, PHQ-9, GAD-7







 


 
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