Open AccessTrajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Women Prior to and for 6 Months After Breast Cancer Surgery
Author(s) -
Kyranou Marianna,
Puntillo Kathleen,
Aouizerat Bradley E.,
Paul Steven M.,
Cooper Bruce A.,
West Claudia,
Dodd Marylin,
Miaskowski Christine,
Dunn Laura B.,
Elboim Charles
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied biobehavioral research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.448
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1751-9861
pISSN - 1071-2089
DOI - 10.1111/jabr.12017
Subject(s) - anxiety , breast cancer , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , medicine , clinical psychology , trait anxiety , cancer , psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Depressive symptoms are common in women with breast cancer. This study evaluated how ratings of depressive symptoms changed from the time of the preoperative assessment to 6 months after surgery and investigated whether specific demographic, clinical, and symptom characteristics predicted preoperative levels of and/or characteristics of the trajectories of depressive symptoms. Characteristics that predicted higher preoperative levels of depressive symptoms included being married/partnered; receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy; more fear of metastasis; higher levels of trait anxiety, state anxiety, sleep disturbance, problems with changes in appetite; more hours per day in pain; and lower levels of attentional function. Future studies need to evaluate associations between anxiety, fears of recurrence, and uncertainty, as well as personality characteristics and depressive symptoms.