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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022

Prospective assessment of psychopathological symptoms and their relation to demographic factors in primary caregivers of cancer patients throughout chemotherapy.

Panagiota Goula, Gregoris Iconomou, Philippos Gourzis, Haralabos P Kalofonos, Eleni Georgila, Adraskela Maria, Konstantinos Assimakopoulos

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Panagiota GoulaPsychiatric Clinic, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, 265 04, Patras, Greece. yiotgoula@yahoo.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0949-6762
Gregoris IconomouDivision of Oncology, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Rion, Patras, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-2789
Philippos GourzisPsychiatric Clinic, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, 265 04, Patras, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2001-4584
Haralabos P KalofonosDivision of Oncology, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Rion, Patras, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-778X
Eleni GeorgilaDivision of Oncology, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Rion, Patras, Greece.
Adraskela MariaPsychiatric Clinic, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, 265 04, Patras, Greece.
Konstantinos AssimakopoulosPsychiatric Clinic, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, 265 04, Patras, Greece.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe present study aims to investigate the course of psychological symptoms through chemotherapy in a sample of primary caregivers of patients with cancer and to examine all possible correlations between psychological distress and demographic characteristics.

methodsIn this prospective study, 112 primary family caregivers of cancer patients were evaluated. Symptom checklist 90 revised (SCL-90-R) was administered to assess their pathological symptoms, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to assess depression and anxiety. There was an evaluation at the beginning of chemotherapy and a second at the end of the patients' intravenous chemotherapy treatment (EOT).

resultsA total of 112 primary caregivers were initially enrolled in the study, and 99 (88.4%) completed it. Caregivers' psychopathology was low to moderate at both points of time (baseline and EOT). However, a considerable decrease in the Global Severity Index (GSI) emerged over time.

conclusionsAt EOT, participants reported statistically significant decreases in five aspects of SCL 90, namely Depression, phobic anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, somatization, and psychoticism. A notable finding was that female caregivers were significantly more distressed, especially when providing care to a male recipient.

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Mental DisordersNeoplasmsAnxietyCaregiversDemographyDepressionFemaleHumansMaleProspective StudiesStress, PsychologicalCancerCaregiversDemographic factorsProspective

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