TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in depression, anxiety, and quality of life between women with and without breast pain prior to breast cancer surgery
AU - Kyranou, Maria
AU - Paul, Steven M.
AU - Dunn, Laura B.
AU - Puntillo, Kathleen
AU - Aouizerat, Bradley E.
AU - Abrams, Gary
AU - Hamolsky, Deborah
AU - West, Claudia
AU - Neuhaus, John
AU - Cooper, Bruce
AU - Miaskowski, Christine
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute ( CA107091 and CA118658 ). Dr. Bradley Aouizerat was funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap for Medical Research Grant ( KL2 RR624130 ). Dr. Dunn received funding from the Mount Zion Health Fund . Dr. Christine Miaskowski is an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor. This project is supported by NIH/NCRR UCSF-CTSI Grant Number UL1 RR024131 . Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Purpose of the research: Little is known about the relationships between pain, anxiety, and depression in women prior to breast cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate for differences in anxiety, depression, and quality of life (QOL) in women who did and did not report the occurrence of breast pain prior to breast cancer surgery. We hypothesized that women with pain would report higher levels of anxiety and depression as well as poorer QOL than women without pain. Methods and sample: A total of 390 women completed self-report measures of pain, anxiety depression, and QOL prior to surgery. Key results: Women with preoperative breast pain (28%) were significantly younger, had a lower functional status score, were more likely to be Non-white and to have gone through menopause. Over 37% of the sample reported clinically meaningful levels of depressive symptoms. Almost 70% of the sample reported clinically meaningful levels of anxiety. Patients with preoperative breast pain reported significantly higher depression scores and significantly lower physical well-being scores. No between group differences were found for patients' ratings of state and trait anxiety or total QOL scores. Conclusions: Our a priori hypotheses were only partially supported. Findings from this study suggest that, regardless of pain status, anxiety and depression are common problems in women prior to breast cancer surgery.
AB - Purpose of the research: Little is known about the relationships between pain, anxiety, and depression in women prior to breast cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate for differences in anxiety, depression, and quality of life (QOL) in women who did and did not report the occurrence of breast pain prior to breast cancer surgery. We hypothesized that women with pain would report higher levels of anxiety and depression as well as poorer QOL than women without pain. Methods and sample: A total of 390 women completed self-report measures of pain, anxiety depression, and QOL prior to surgery. Key results: Women with preoperative breast pain (28%) were significantly younger, had a lower functional status score, were more likely to be Non-white and to have gone through menopause. Over 37% of the sample reported clinically meaningful levels of depressive symptoms. Almost 70% of the sample reported clinically meaningful levels of anxiety. Patients with preoperative breast pain reported significantly higher depression scores and significantly lower physical well-being scores. No between group differences were found for patients' ratings of state and trait anxiety or total QOL scores. Conclusions: Our a priori hypotheses were only partially supported. Findings from this study suggest that, regardless of pain status, anxiety and depression are common problems in women prior to breast cancer surgery.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Breast cancer surgery
KW - Breast pain
KW - Depression
KW - Psychological distress
KW - Quality of life
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.06.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 22892272
AN - SCOPUS:84875379916
SN - 1462-3889
VL - 17
SP - 190
EP - 195
JO - European Journal of Oncology Nursing
JF - European Journal of Oncology Nursing
IS - 2
ER -