标题：Evaluation of symptoms of anxiety and depression in women with breast cancer after breast amputation or conservation treated with adjuvant chemotherapy
期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2015
卷号：22
期号：1
页码：185-189
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1141392
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Objective. Evaluation of the presence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in women treated for breast cancer whounderwent surgical procedure using one of two alternative methods, either radical mastectomy or breast conservingtreatment (BCT).Methods. A questionnaire survey involved 85 patients treated in a conservative way and 94 patients after breast amputation.Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and depression degree evaluationquestionnaire were used in the study. The patients’ responses were statistically analyzed.Results. Based on the HADS questionnaire, the total anxiety level in the group of women treated with BCT was 6.96 points,while in the group of patients who had undergone mastectomy the value was 7.8 points. The observed results werestatistically significant.In the case of depression, the following values were found: patients after amputation had 8.04 scale value points, and thoseafter BCT had 6.8 scale value points. The observed differences were statistically significant. Negative correlation was foundbetween the level of anxiety and depression. The total level of depression evaluated using the Beck scale was 16.3 pointsin the BCT group, which means that they suffered from mild depression, while in the mastectomy group the level was 19.6points, which corresponds to moderate depression.Conclusions. The level of anxiety and depression among women with breast cancer was influenced by the type of theapplied surgical procedure and adjuvant chemotherapy.Demographic variables did not influence the level of anxiety and depression
