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A cross-sectional study of anxiety and marital quality among women with breast cancer at a university clinic in western Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES: To examine relationship between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety among women with breast cancer (BC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: This cross-sectional study recruited a consecutive series of 49 married women with BC seen in the Al-Amoudi Breast Cancer Cen...

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Autores principales: Al-Zaben, Faten N., Sehlo, Mohammad G., Koenig, Harold G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446326
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.12254
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author Al-Zaben, Faten N.
Sehlo, Mohammad G.
Koenig, Harold G.
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description OBJECTIVES: To examine relationship between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety among women with breast cancer (BC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: This cross-sectional study recruited a consecutive series of 49 married women with BC seen in the Al-Amoudi Breast Cancer Center of Excellence at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA in early 2013. Participants completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Spouse Perception Scale, and Quality of Marriage Index forms, and answered questions on demographic and cancer characteristics. RESULTS: Anxiety symptoms indicating “possible” anxiety disorder were present in 10.4% and “probable” anxiety disorder in 14.6% (25% total). No significant relationship was found between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety symptoms (B=-0.04, standard error=0.05, t=-0.81, p=0.42). Anxiety was primarily driven by low education, poor socioeconomic status, and young age. CONCLUSION: Anxiety symptoms are prevalent among married women with BC seen in a university-based clinic in the KSA. Further research is needed to determine whether a diagnosis of BC adversely affects marital relationship, and whether this is the cause for anxiety in these women.
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spelling pubmed-46217212015-10-30 A cross-sectional study of anxiety and marital quality among women with breast cancer at a university clinic in western Saudi Arabia Al-Zaben, Faten N. Sehlo, Mohammad G. Koenig, Harold G. Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To examine relationship between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety among women with breast cancer (BC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: This cross-sectional study recruited a consecutive series of 49 married women with BC seen in the Al-Amoudi Breast Cancer Center of Excellence at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA in early 2013. Participants completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Spouse Perception Scale, and Quality of Marriage Index forms, and answered questions on demographic and cancer characteristics. RESULTS: Anxiety symptoms indicating “possible” anxiety disorder were present in 10.4% and “probable” anxiety disorder in 14.6% (25% total). No significant relationship was found between the quality of marital relationship and anxiety symptoms (B=-0.04, standard error=0.05, t=-0.81, p=0.42). Anxiety was primarily driven by low education, poor socioeconomic status, and young age. CONCLUSION: Anxiety symptoms are prevalent among married women with BC seen in a university-based clinic in the KSA. Further research is needed to determine whether a diagnosis of BC adversely affects marital relationship, and whether this is the cause for anxiety in these women. Saudi Medical Journal 2015-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4621721/ /pubmed/26446326 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.12254 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A cross-sectional study of anxiety and marital quality among women with breast cancer at a university clinic in western Saudi Arabia
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title_full_unstemmed A cross-sectional study of anxiety and marital quality among women with breast cancer at a university clinic in western Saudi Arabia
title_short A cross-sectional study of anxiety and marital quality among women with breast cancer at a university clinic in western Saudi Arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446326
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.12254
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