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© Eva Magdalena García-Hernández, San Juana López-Guevara, Luz Elena Cano-Fajardo, Maribel Avila-Medina, Tirso Duran-Badillo, Delia Ponce-Martínez, 2020
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Eva Magdalena García-Hernández
Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Matamoros, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
San Juana López-Guevara
Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Matamoros, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
Luz Elena Cano-Fajardo
Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Matamoros, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
Maribel Avila-Medina
Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Matamoros, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
Tirso Duran-Badillo
Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Matamoros, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
Delia Ponce-Martínez
Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Matamoros, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
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Differences in Anxiety and Depression by Contextual Variables in Women with Breast Cancer
- Eva Magdalena García-Hernández ,
- San Juana López-Guevara ,
- Luz Elena Cano-Fajardo ,
- Maribel Avila-Medina ,
- Tirso Duran-Badillo ,
- Delia Ponce-Martínez
Vol 34 No 129 (2020): Actualidades en Psicología (Current Trends in Psychology)
Published: Dec 3, 2020
Abstract
Objective. The aim is to identify the differences between anxiety and depression according to contextual variables in women with breast cancer who are under treatment. Method. A comparative study was carried out in 91 women with breast cancer in three care units in Northeast Mexico. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used. Results. The 51.6% (f = 47) resulted in anxiety and 25.3% (f = 23) depression. Anxiety and depression are not different according to the degree of schooling (p > .05) and marital status (p > .05). Depression (p = .001) and anxiety (p = 05) is different according to the unit of attention. In conclusion,
it is important to take care of the emotional state of cancer patients since it was observed that half of the patients presented anxiety and a quarter with depression. It is necessary to analyze the context because depression and anxiety are different regarding the unit of attention.