Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM

Depression, anxiety and stress are normal psychological and emotional disturbances occurs among young adult women with breast cancer due to side effects of breast cancer treatments and alteration in physical image. Meanwhile, breast cancer continues to develop especially in countries, such as Mal...

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Main Author: Leng, Leong Yee
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2011
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description Depression, anxiety and stress are normal psychological and emotional disturbances occurs among young adult women with breast cancer due to side effects of breast cancer treatments and alteration in physical image. Meanwhile, breast cancer continues to develop especially in countries, such as Malaysia. There is little attention paid to describe these treatment side-effects experienced by young adult breast cancer women, thus this led the researcher to undertake this study. The aims of this study was to identify the association between ages or the time after initial diagnosis and the level of depression, anxiety and stress among young adult breast cancer women. This is a descriptive study on young adult breast cancer (BC) women undergoing adjuvant therapy in Hospital University Sains Malaysia (HUSM). Data was collected by self-administered, anonymous questionnaire. A total of 21.6% (n=11) young breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy experienced depression, 51% (n=25) with anxiety, and 11.8% (n=6) of the young adult breast cancer women with stress. More than 10% of young adult BC women are suffered from depression, anxiety and stress. These results suggest that young adult BC women are affected by psychological burden.
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spelling usm-522842022-04-12T04:45:54Z http://eprints.usm.my/52284/ Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM Leng, Leong Yee RG Gynecology and obstetrics Depression, anxiety and stress are normal psychological and emotional disturbances occurs among young adult women with breast cancer due to side effects of breast cancer treatments and alteration in physical image. Meanwhile, breast cancer continues to develop especially in countries, such as Malaysia. There is little attention paid to describe these treatment side-effects experienced by young adult breast cancer women, thus this led the researcher to undertake this study. The aims of this study was to identify the association between ages or the time after initial diagnosis and the level of depression, anxiety and stress among young adult breast cancer women. This is a descriptive study on young adult breast cancer (BC) women undergoing adjuvant therapy in Hospital University Sains Malaysia (HUSM). Data was collected by self-administered, anonymous questionnaire. A total of 21.6% (n=11) young breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy experienced depression, 51% (n=25) with anxiety, and 11.8% (n=6) of the young adult breast cancer women with stress. More than 10% of young adult BC women are suffered from depression, anxiety and stress. These results suggest that young adult BC women are affected by psychological burden. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2011-03 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/52284/1/LEONG%20YEE%20LENG-24%20pages.pdf Leng, Leong Yee (2011) Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM. Other. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
spellingShingle RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Leng, Leong Yee
Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM
title Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM
title_full Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM
title_fullStr Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM
title_full_unstemmed Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM
title_short Depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in HUSM
title_sort depression, anxiety and streee in young adult breast cancer women undergoing adjuvant therapy in husm
topic RG Gynecology and obstetrics
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