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An analysis of the psychometric profile and frequency of anxiety and depression in Australian men with prostate cancer
Author(s) -
Sharpley Christopher F.,
Christie David R. H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/pon.1118
Subject(s) - anxiety , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , prostate cancer , rating scale , psychology , psychiatry , cancer , medicine , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Zung's Self‐Rating Anxiety Scale and Self‐Rating Depression Scale were used to collect data from 195 Australian men who had received a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Analysis was via separate scales and also by combining both scales into a single unit to assess anxiety–depression and then analysing the underlying component structure of that unit. Applying Zung's recommended cutoff scores, 12% of the sample were classified as having clinically significant levels of anxiety and 16% had similar levels of depression. Factor analysis of the combined SAS and SDS indicated four major components which reflected a process of: loss of functional capacity, worthlessness and hopelessness, fear and somatic symptomatology. Implications for the effective assessment and treatment of anxiety and depression in prostate patients are discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.