Self-transcend, anxiety and depression in cancer patients receiving treatment. Barquisimeto. 2015

• Main Authors: Jesús Manuel Guerrero Alcedo (Author), Abigail Ramses Prepo Serrano (Author), José Gregorio Loyo Álvarez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> many investigations have determined the existence of psychopathological illnesses like anxiety and depression before, during, and after the disease process for cancer patients. <strong><br /> Objective:</strong> to determine the relation between Self-Transcend, Anxiety and Depression in cancer patients receiving treatment. As well as, to establish differences based on gender. <strong><br /> Materials and Methods:</strong> 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. <strong><br /> Results:</strong> 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.  <strong><br /> Conclusion:</strong> 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.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Key words:</strong> spirituality, anxiety, depression, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, cancer.</span></p>

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