ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2008
Are depressive symptoms associated with cancer screening and cancer stage at diagnosis among postmenopausal women? The Women's Health Initiative observational cohort.
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- Adherence to US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for breast and cervical cancer screening for women who have a spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2017Article
- Baseline Depressive Symptoms, Completion of Study Assessments, and Behavior Change in a Long-Term Dietary Intervention Among Breast Cancer Survivors.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2015Article
- Health care utilization, lifestyle, and emotional factors and mammography practices in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2015Article
- Psychosocial stress as a risk factor for sepsis: a population-based cohort study.Psychosomatic medicine · 2015Article
- Disparities in knowledge of mouth or throat cancer among rural Floridians.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2013Article
- Exploring cancer screening in the context of unmet mental health needs: a participatory pilot study.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2013Article
- Increased mortality risk among the visually impaired: the roles of mental well-being and preventive care practices.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2012Article
- Depression and anxiety diagnoses are not associated with delayed resolution of abnormal mammograms and pap tests among vulnerable women.Journal of general internal medicine · 2012Article
- Psychosocial factors associated with mouth and throat cancer examinations in rural Florida.American journal of public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundWomen with depressive symptoms may use preventive services less frequently and experience poorer health outcomes. We investigated the association of depressive symptoms with breast and colorectal cancer screening rates and stage of cancer among a cohort of postmenopausal women.
methodsIn The Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, 93,676 women were followed on average for 7.6 years. Depressive symptoms were measured at baseline and at 3 years using the 6-item scale from the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D). We calculated a cancer screening rate expressed as a proportion of the years that women were current with recommended cancer screening over the number of follow-up visits in the study. Breast and colorectal cancers were staged based on Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) classification.
resultsAt baseline, 15.8% (12,621) women were positive for depressive symptoms, and 6.9% (4,777) were positive at both baseline screening and at 3 years. The overall average screening rate was 71% for breast cancer and 53% for colorectal cancer. The breast cancer screening rate was 1.5% (CI 0.9%-2.0%) lower among women who reported depressive symptoms at baseline than among those who did not. Depressive symptoms were not a predictor for colorectal cancer screening. Stage of breast and colorectal cancer was not found to be associated with depressive symptoms after adjusting for covariates.
conclusionsAmong a healthy and self-motivated cohort of women, self-reported depressive symptoms were associated with lower rates of screening mammography but not with colorectal cancer screening.
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