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Major depressive disorders in outpatients with cancers at the Nigerian National Hospital
- Source :
- Psycho-Oncology. 30:529-535
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective Frequently, little attention is paid by clinicians on the psychiatric disorders that may be associated with cancers. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of major depressive disorders in outpatients with cancers at the Radiology Oncology Centre of the National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria. It also sought to determine the socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with the disorder. Method A sample of 177 randomly selected outpatients with cancers was interviewed with socio-demographic questionnaire and the major depressive episode section of the Mini International NeuroPsychiatric Interview at the hospital. Results The mean age (SD) of the participants was 48.9 (13.8) years, with females accounting for 61.6% of them. The prevalence of current major depressive disorder, past depressive episode and recurrent depressive disorder were 25.1%, 24.3% and 7.5%, respectively. The current depressive disorder was found to be significantly associated with the presence of disturbing pain and the stage of the disease. Conclusion The occurrence of depressive disorders in patients with cancers at the hospital was high. Their assessment and treatment should be prioritized to ensure complete management of the patients with cancer conditions. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Psycho-oncology
Nigeria
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Neoplasms
Outpatients
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
In patient
030212 general & internal medicine
Major depressive episode
Mini-international neuropsychiatric interview
Depressive Disorder, Major
business.industry
Cancer
Mean age
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Hospitals
Psychiatry and Mental health
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Major depressive disorder
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10991611 and 10579249
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psycho-Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....80b267a9b4afbe43cb861eff64851346