Cancer-Related Stigma and Depression in Cancer Patients in A Middle-Income Country

• Glavni autori: Medine Yilmaz (Autor), Gulcin Dissiz (Autor), Ayse Kurtulusoglu Usluoğlu (Autor), Sibel Iriz (Autor), Filiz Demir (Autor), Ahmet Alacacioglu (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Elsevier, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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• Notes: 2347-5625; 2349-6673; 10.4103/apjon.apjon_45_19
• Keywords: attitude; cancer; depression; stigma; Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens; RC254-282; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 95-102 (2020)

Objective: The aim of the current study are to determine the depression levels of adult oncology patients in the cancer treatment phase and identify both cancer-related stigma and the factors affecting their depression levels. Methods: In this correlational study, 303 adult patients who had been treated at a medical outpatient clinic were surveyed using the convenience sampling method. The "questionnaire for measuring attitudes toward cancer - patient version," a sociodemographic characteristics questionnaire, and the beck depression inventory were used. A multivariable linear regression model was used for the analysis. Results: The questionnaire and its subscale scores indicated a positive relationship between depression and attitudes toward cancer. The predictive variables for depression were "being younger than 40-year-old" and "feelings of social exclusion," which accounted for 4% of the total variance. Four factors indicating negative attitudes toward cancer were "being more than 60-year-old," "higher education," "low income," and "feelings of social exclusion," which accounted for 11% of the total variance. Conclusions: Cancer-related stigma, which underlies patients' emotional and behavioral outlooks, should be reduced in cancer patients. Members of health teams should be sensitive to cancer-related stigma.