Psychological distress in adolescents with cancer.
A exploratory descriptive study was conducted to investigate psychological distress among middle and late adolescents recently diagnosed with cancer. Respondents consisted of 40 males and 20 females who were diagnosed with a malignancy within the past 100 days and received outpatient treatment. No gender difference was noted among adolescents, and adolescents did not score significantly different on the Brief Symptom Inventory from a healthy adolescent population. Among the various disease groups, adolescents with leukemia experienced the greatest psychological distress.
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Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, College of Nursing, Newark, NJ, USA.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological