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Depressive Symptoms, Correlates, and the Marital Relationship in Women with Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The relationship between the quality of the marital relationship and depressive symptoms in married women with breast cancer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was examined. A consecutive series of 50 women with breast cancer were interviewed using a close-ended questionnaire.Over 20% of women had depressive symptoms indicating a probable depressive disorder usingthe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Although a weak relationship in the expected direction was found, quality of the marital relationship was not significantly related to depressivesymptoms (B=-0.09, SE=0.06, t=-1.54, p=0.13). Depressive symptoms were primarily drivenby educational level, socioeconomic factors, age, and type of treatment.

Source: Women s Health - Open Journal

DOI: 10.17140/whoj-1-109

Authors: Faten Al-Zaben, Mohammad Gamal Sehlo, Basem Salama El-deek, Harold G. Koenig

Institutions: King Abdulaziz University, Zagazig University, Duke University, Duke Medical Center, Ningxia Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Cancer survivorship and care

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: King Abdulaziz University