Title
Self-transcend, anxiety and depression in cancer patients receiving treatment. Barquisimeto. 2015
Other title
Autotrascendencia, ansiedad y depresión en pacientes con cáncer en tratamiento. Barquisimeto. 2015
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Serrano A.R.P.
Álvarez J.G.L.
Decanato Experimental de Humanidades y Artes
Publisher(s)
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de La Hab
Abstract
Introduction: many investigations have determined the existence of psychopathological illnesses like anxiety and depression before, during, and after the disease process for cancer patients. Objective: to determine the relation between Self-Transcend, Anxiety and Depression in cancer patients receiving treatment. As well as, to establish differences based on gender. Materials and Methods: association, transversal study executed between December 2014 and April 2015. The sample was made up of 140 cancer patients who receive chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy treatment with a minimum of one month in treatment, 62 men and 78 women between the ages of 18-60, who attended four health centers in the state of Lara-Venezuela. Each participant gave their consent and responded voluntarily to Reed's Self-transcendence Scale, the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale, and Zung's Depression Scale. Results: using Pearson's correlational analysis, a small negative relation was found between Self-Transcend and the dimension Social Concerns/Stress of the Anxiety scale (r=-.235; p<.01) as well as, a moderate negative relation with Depression (r=-.439; p<.01). As for Anxiety and Depression, a moderate positive relation was found (r=.519; p<.01). Student's T study showed significant differences for Anxiety and the dimensions of Worry/Oversensitivity and Physiological Anxiety. Conclusion: the results of this study manifest the need for interventions that potentiate self-transcendence in cancer patients, with the purpose of mitigating the symptoms associated with both disorders.
Start page
297
End page
300
Volume
15
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología Psiquiatría
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85025820890
Source
Revista Habanera de Ciencias Medicas
ISSN of the container
1729519X
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