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ANXIETY AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY.

Published:2022-01-01 Issue: Volume: Page:25-27
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Container-title:INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
language:en
Short-container-title:IJAR

Author:

Chokshi Vaishal D¹,J Gediya Alpesh²,Dave Krishna³,V Patel Dharmesh⁴,A Gandhi Hitendra⁵

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor , Department of Psychiatry, AMCMET Medical College and LG Hospital, Ahmedabad.

2. Assocaite Professor, Department of Psychiatry, GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Ahmedabad.

3. MBBS , MD Psychiatry.

4. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Ahmedabad.

5. Professor and Head , Department of Psychiatry, GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Ahmedabad.

Abstract

Backgound : [1] Anxiety is a response to a threat, cancer is threatening, and so many patients are anxious .Also, during the course of treatment a patient might sometimes learn, that their treatment has failed or that the disease has recurred. Such situation are often met with disbelief and denial, followed by mixed symptoms of anxiety and depression. Aim :Aim of the study is to assess anxiety among cancer patients . To compare anxiety symtpoms between patients of chemotherapy and radiotherapy . Method : Patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy were assessed using HADS-Ascale to screen for anxiety . HADS-Ascores among patients of chemotherapy and radiotherapy were compared. Result : 39% of patients had signicant score on HADS-A, suggestive of depression. No stastiticaly signicant difference among HADS-Ascores of patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy was found. Conclusion : Anxiety is highly prevalent among cancer patients. Timely identication and treatment can lead to better outcomes in terms of quality of life and survivability

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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