Factors related to depressive symptoms among long-term survivors of cervical cancer.
In this article we describe depressive symptoms among survivors of cervical cancer. Study participants were previously diagnosed and treated with cervical cancer 5 to 25 years prior to the completion of a telephone survey. Through a population-based survey of women identified via a state tumor registry in southern New England, the investigators learned that depressive symptoms are prevalent among a subgroup of long-term survivors long after diagnosis and treatment. The at-risk participants included those who were at a lower economic status and whose marital status and ability to work had changed, and who continued to experience pain and diarrhea caused by radiotherapy. Findings from this study warrant additional research with this potentially vulnerable group of women.
McCorkle
Ruth
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Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Tang
Siew Tzuh
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Greenwald
Howard
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Holcombe
Gwynne
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Lavery
Mary
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D033262:Narration; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health