Open AccessDeath-related distress in adult primary brain tumor patients
Author(s) -
Ashlee Loughan,
Farah Aslanzadeh,
Julia Brechbiel,
Gary Rodin,
Mariya Husain,
Sarah Braun,
Kelcie Willis,
Autumn Lanoye
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuro-oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2054-2585
pISSN - 2054-2577
DOI - 10.1093/nop/npaa015
Subject(s) - death anxiety , distress , anxiety , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , depression (economics) , hospital anxiety and depression scale , cause of death , psychology , disease , economics , macroeconomics
A diagnosis of cancer may increase mortality salience and provoke death-related distress. Primary brain tumor (PBT) patients may be at particular risk for such distress given the certainty of tumor progression, lack of curative treatments, and poor survival rates. This study is the first to examine the prevalence of death-related distress and its correlates in PBT patients.