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20. The impact of perceived stage of cancer on carers' anxiety and depression during the patients' final year of life.

Author

Burridge LH, Barnett AG, and Clavarino AM

Subjects
Aged, Anxiety psychology, Depression psychology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasms psychology, Personality Inventory statistics & numerical data, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Psychometrics, Sex Factors, Sick Role, Anxiety diagnosis, Caregivers psychology, Cost of Illness, Depression diagnosis, Neoplasms pathology, Terminal Care psychology
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Objective: This paper explores the effects of perceived stage of cancer (PSOC) on carers' anxiety and depression during the patients' final year., Methods: A consecutive sample of patients and carers (N=98) were surveyed at regular intervals regarding PSOC, and anxiety and depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Means were compared by gender using the Mann-Whitney U-test. The chi-square was used to analyse categorical data. Agreement between carers' and patients' PSOC was estimated using kappa statistics. Correlations between carers' PSOC and their anxiety and depression were calculated using the Spearman's rank correlation., Results: Over time, an increasing proportion of carers reported that the cancer was advanced, culminating at 43% near death. Agreement regarding PSOC was fair (kappa=0.29-0.34) until near death (kappa=0.21). Carers' anxiety increased over the year; depression increased in the final 6 months. Females were more anxious (p=0.049, 6 months; p=0.009, 3 months) than males, and more depressed until 1 month to death. The proportion of carers reporting moderate-severe anxiety almost doubled over the year to 27%, with more females in this category at 6 months (p=0.05). Carers with moderate-severe depression increased from 6 to 15% over the year. Increased PSOC was weakly correlated with increased anxiety and depression., Conclusions: Carers' anxiety exceeded depression in severity during advanced cancer. Females generally experienced greater anxiety and depression. Carers were more realistic than patients regarding the ultimate outcome, which was reflected in their declining mental health, particularly near the end.

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2009
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21. Common symptoms during pregnancy to predict depression and health status 14 years post partum.

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Khatun M, Clavarino AM, Callaway L, Alati R, Najman JM, Williams G, and Al Mamun A

Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological, Australia epidemiology, Depression diagnosis, Depression psychology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Logistic Models, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Risk Assessment, Socioeconomic Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Depression epidemiology, Mothers psychology, Postnatal Care psychology, Postpartum Period psychology
Abstract

Objective: To examine the prospective association between symptoms commonly experienced during pregnancy and the mental and general health status of women 14 years post partum., Methods: Data used were from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy, a community-based prospective birth cohort study begun in Brisbane, Australia, in 1981. Logistic regression analyses were conducted., Results: Data were available for 5118 women. Women who experienced a higher burden of symptoms during pregnancy were at greater risk of becoming depressed and reporting poorer health status 14 years post partum. Women who experienced major problems during pregnancy were 4 times more likely to be depressed and nearly 8 times more likely to report poorer health status 14 years after the index pregnancy compared with women who experienced few problems., Conclusions: Findings suggest that pregnant women who experience common symptoms during pregnancy are likely to experience poorer mental and self-reported general health 14 years after the pregnancy.

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2009
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