Trial reportBritish journal of cancer2005
Psychosocial difficulties, deprivation and cancer: three questionnaire studies involving 609 cancer patients.
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- Assessing the social impact of cancer: a review of available tools.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2012Pooled it
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- Factors associated with distress among female cancer survivors at the workplace: A cross-sectional study.Journal of occupational health · 2022Article
- Social consequences of advanced cancer in patients and their informal caregivers: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
- Predictors of quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors up to 5 years after end of treatment: a cross-sectional survey.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
- Deaths and major biographical events: a study of all cancer deaths in Germany from 1995 to 2009.BMJ open · 2014Article
- International validation of the EORTC QLQ-ELD14 questionnaire for assessment of health-related quality of life elderly patients with cancer.British journal of cancer · 2013Article
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- Measuring social difficulties in routine patient-centred assessment: a Rasch analysis of the social difficulties inventory.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2007Article
- Evaluation of emotional distress in breast cancer patients.Iranian journal of cancer preventionArticle
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Abstract
The aim of the study is to investigate associations between deprivation and self-reported social difficulties and psychological distress in cancer patients. A total of 304 men and 305 women (age range 18-88 years) with a range of cancer diagnoses and living in a socially diverse region (Carstairs and Morris index) completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Social Difficulties Inventory. Univariate analyses of variance revealed statistically significant differences in reported social difficulties between groups (F (67, 576)=2.4, P<0.0001) with stage of disease (F (5, 576)=7.6, P<0.0001), age (F (2, 576)=4.8, P=0.009) and to a lesser extent deprivation (F (1, 576)=4.0, P=0.048) making significant contributions. Significantly more social difficulties were reported by less affluent patients with locally recurrent disease or 'survivors'. No other interactions were found. Significant differences in levels of reported psychological distress were found between groups (F (67, 575)=1.723, P=0.001) for stage of disease, sex and deprivation but no interactions observed. In conclusion, deprivation is associated with reported psychological distress and, to a lesser extent, social difficulties. Patients at particular risk cannot be identified with confidence by socio-demographic and clinical means supporting the recommendation from National Institute for Clinical Excellence for provision of psychosocial assessment for individual cancer patients.
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