Open AccessEffectiveness of group psycho-education on well-being and depression among breast cancer survivors of Melaka, Malaysia
Author(s) -
Shanker Ram,
Rajagopal Narayanasamy,
Ankur Barua
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.110234
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , depression (economics) , feeling , cancer , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , wilcoxon signed rank test , statistical significance , randomized controlled trial , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , mann–whitney u test , social psychology , paleontology , biology , economics , macroeconomics
The psychological stress after diagnosis of breast cancer is often severe. Most of the women with breast cancer and their families suffer from emotional, social, financial and psychological disturbances.