Predictors of depression among male cancer patients.
The diagnosis of cancer is often associated with a host of negative emotional responses, including depressed mood. Social support and quality of life were used to predict depression in a sample of older male cancer patients. Depression was found to be a common, but not universal, reaction to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Almost 40% of subjects reported symptoms of moderate depression and nearly one fifth produced scores indicative of clinical depression. A stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that our social support and quality of life measures accounted for 31.5% of the variance in total Beck Depression Inventory scores. Quality of life accounted for more of the variance in depression than did social support.
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Psychology Service (116B), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216.
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Wittrock
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support