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Prevalence and predictors of probable depression in prostate cancer survivors.
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- The impact of different exercise modalities on health-related quality of life in patients with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Psychosocial experiences of prostate cancer survivors after treatment: a systematic review of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with cancer in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- The effectiveness of psychological intervention for depression, anxiety, and distress in prostate cancer: a systematic review of literature.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2021Pooled it
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- Trajectories and predictors of anxiety and depression among older cancer survivors: a nationally representative cohort study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Quantifying Suicide Risk in Prostate Cancer: A SEER-Based Predictive Model.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Examining the prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression across treatment stages in prostate cancer: a systematic review.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Review
- Considerations from employed African-American and white prostate cancer survivors on prostate cancer treatment and survivorship: a qualitative analysis.Ethnicity & health · 2024Article
- Trajectory of Depression among Prostate Cancer Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Cancers · 2023Article
- Prevalence of anxiety and depression in people with different types of cancer or haematologic malignancies: a cross-sectional study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Article
- Factors associated with and risk factors for depression in cancer patients - A systematic literature review.Translational oncology · 2022Review
- Racial Disparities and Mental Health Effects Within Prostate Cancer.Health psychology research · 2022Article
- Correlation between dietary score and depression in cancer patients: Data from the 2005-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe early diagnosis and treatment of depression are cancer care priorities. These priorities are critical for prostate cancer survivors because men rarely seek mental health care. However, little is known about the epidemiology of depression in this patient population. The goal of this study was to describe the prevalence and predictors of probable depression in prostate cancer survivors.
methodsThe data were from a population-based cohort of North Carolinian prostate cancer survivors who were enrolled from 2004 to 2007 in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (n = 1031) and were prospectively followed annually from 2008 to 2011 in the Health Care Access and Prostate Cancer Treatment in North Carolina study (n = 805). Generalized estimating equations were used to evaluate an indicator of probable depression (Short Form 12 mental composite score ≤48.9; measured at enrollment and during the annual follow-up) as a function of individual-level characteristics within the longitudinal data set.
resultsThe prevalence of probable depression fell from 38% in the year of the cancer diagnosis to 20% 6 to 7 years later. Risk factors for probable depression throughout the study were African American race, unemployment, low annual income, younger age, recency of cancer diagnosis, past depression, comorbidities, treatment decisional regret, and nonadherence to exercise recommendations.
conclusionsDepression is a major challenge for prostate cancer survivors, particularly in the first 5 years after the cancer diagnosis. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate an association between treatment decisional regret and probable depression.
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