title: The mediation effect of anxiety between post-traumatic stress symptoms and preparatory grief in advanced cancer patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The relationship between anxiety and preparatory grief is complex and poorly understood.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and preparatory grief in a sample of patients with advanced cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-four patients with advanced cancer completed the Greek version of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R-Gr), the Anxiety subscale of the Greek Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Preparatory Grief in Advanced Cancer Patients (PGAC) scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant associations were found between IES-R-Gr subscales, anxiety (P<0.0005), and PGAC (P<0.0005).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some of the effect of post-traumatic stress symptoms on preparatory grief is mediated by anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. mistakidou@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kyriaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mystakidou
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsilika
authors.forename: Efi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parpa
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panagiotou
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galanos
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gouliamos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017008:Negotiating / Q000523:psychology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*