ArticleSaudi medical journal2015
A cross-sectional study of anxiety and marital quality among women with breast cancer at a university clinic in western Saudi Arabia.
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- Supportive care needs of women with breast cancer in the Middle East and North Africa region: A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Aspects of Female Breast Cancer in the Middle East and North Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Psychological symptoms in adult Saudi Arabian cancer patients: prevalence and association with self-rated oral health.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2018Article
- Anxiety, Depression and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients in the LevantAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017Article
- Depression and anxiety in patients with hematological malignancies, prevalence, and associated factors.Saudi medical journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine relationship between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety among women with breast cancer (BC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
methodsThis cross-sectional study recruited a consecutive series of 49 married women with BC seen in the Al-Amoudi Breast Cancer Center of Excellence at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA in early 2013. Participants completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Spouse Perception Scale, and Quality of Marriage Index forms, and answered questions on demographic and cancer characteristics.
resultsAnxiety symptoms indicating "possible" anxiety disorder were present in 10.4% and "probable" anxiety disorder in 14.6% (25% total). No significant relationship was found between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety symptoms (B=-0.04, standard error=0.05, t=-0.81, p=0.42). Anxiety was primarily driven by low education, poor socioeconomic status, and young age.
conclusionAnxiety symptoms are prevalent among married women with BC seen in a university-based clinic in the KSA. Further research is needed to determine whether a diagnosis of BC adversely affects marital relationship, and whether this is the cause for anxiety in these women.
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