Psychosocial Distress in Breast Cancer Patients
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.032How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- breast cancer, psychosocial distress, psychosocial distress questionnaire-breast cancer
- Abstract
Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in Indonesia. Breast cancer and its therapy cause several impacts on patients, including physical, psychological, and social. Little information has been gathered regarding non-physical impacts on patients with breast cancer in the form of psychosocial distress. In contrast, this information is significant to provide better management of cancer patients. Objective: To identify the psychosocial distress of breast cancer patients. Methods: A descriptive quantitative study using Psychosocial Distress Questionnaire-Breast Cancer was applied to 24 breast cancer patients admitted in Panembahan Senopati Bantul of Yogyakarta General Hospital. The data were then analyzed by using univariate analysis. Results: All of the respondents were women aged 26-65 years old. Most of them rarely experienced psychosocial distress (83.3%). The study revealed that from 9 subscales of psychosocial distress, most of the respondents rarely experienced trait anxiety (66.7%); rarely obtained social support (83.3%); faced social problem (62.5%), physical problem (62.5%), and depressive symptoms (62.5%). Majority of the women were also rarely having body image problem (45.8%) and state anxiety (83%); never had a sexual problem (50%), but most of them equally stated experienced a financial problem at the same amount of “rarely” and “often” choices (33.3% for each). Conclusion: Psychosocial distress in patients with breast cancer in Panembahan Senopati Bantul of Yogyakarta General Hospital is rarely experienced.
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TY - CONF AU - Wenny Savitri AU - Amin Haryati PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/27 TI - Psychosocial Distress in Breast Cancer Patients BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (AHMS 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 147 EP - 149 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.032 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.032 ID - Savitri2021 ER -