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Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan
OBJECTIVE: To determine the presence and predictors of depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: A veterinary medical centre specialised in oncology for dogs and cats and two primary veterinary clinics in Japan. PARTICIPAN...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024512 |
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author | Nakano, Yuko Matsushima, Masato Nakamori, Azusa Hiroma, Junshiro Matsuo, Eiji Wakabayashi, Hidetaka Yoshida, Shuhei Ichikawa, Hiroko Kaneko, Makoto Mutai, Rieko Sugiyama, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Eriko Kobayashi, Tetsuya |
author_facet | Nakano, Yuko Matsushima, Masato Nakamori, Azusa Hiroma, Junshiro Matsuo, Eiji Wakabayashi, Hidetaka Yoshida, Shuhei Ichikawa, Hiroko Kaneko, Makoto Mutai, Rieko Sugiyama, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Eriko Kobayashi, Tetsuya |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To determine the presence and predictors of depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: A veterinary medical centre specialised in oncology for dogs and cats and two primary veterinary clinics in Japan. PARTICIPANTS: The participants for analysis were 99 owners of a pet with cancer diagnosis received in the past 1–3 weeks and 94 owners of a healthy pet. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-reported questionnaires were used to assess depression and anxiety. Depression was assessed using the Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and anxiety was measured by using the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory-Form JYZ. RESULTS: Depression scores were significantly higher in owners of a pet with cancer than owners of a healthy pet, even after adjustment for potential confounders (p<0.001). Within the owners of a pet with cancer, depression was significantly more common in those who were employed than those who were unemployed (p=0.048). State anxiety scores were significantly higher in owners of a pet with cancer than owners of a healthy pet, even after adjustment for potential confounders, including trait–anxiety scores (p<0.001). Furthermore, in owners of a pet with cancer, state anxiety was higher in owners with high trait anxiety (p<0.001) and in owners whose pets had a poor prognosis (p=0.027). CONCLUSION: The results indicate that some owners tended to become depressed and anxious after their pets had received a diagnosis of cancer. Employment may be a predictor of depression. High trait anxiety and a pet with a poor prognosis may increase owners’ state anxiety. Including the pet in a family genogram and attention to the pet’s health condition may be important considerations for family practice. |
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spelling | pubmed-63680082019-03-10 Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan Nakano, Yuko Matsushima, Masato Nakamori, Azusa Hiroma, Junshiro Matsuo, Eiji Wakabayashi, Hidetaka Yoshida, Shuhei Ichikawa, Hiroko Kaneko, Makoto Mutai, Rieko Sugiyama, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Eriko Kobayashi, Tetsuya BMJ Open General practice / Family practice OBJECTIVE: To determine the presence and predictors of depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: A veterinary medical centre specialised in oncology for dogs and cats and two primary veterinary clinics in Japan. PARTICIPANTS: The participants for analysis were 99 owners of a pet with cancer diagnosis received in the past 1–3 weeks and 94 owners of a healthy pet. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-reported questionnaires were used to assess depression and anxiety. Depression was assessed using the Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and anxiety was measured by using the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory-Form JYZ. RESULTS: Depression scores were significantly higher in owners of a pet with cancer than owners of a healthy pet, even after adjustment for potential confounders (p<0.001). Within the owners of a pet with cancer, depression was significantly more common in those who were employed than those who were unemployed (p=0.048). State anxiety scores were significantly higher in owners of a pet with cancer than owners of a healthy pet, even after adjustment for potential confounders, including trait–anxiety scores (p<0.001). Furthermore, in owners of a pet with cancer, state anxiety was higher in owners with high trait anxiety (p<0.001) and in owners whose pets had a poor prognosis (p=0.027). CONCLUSION: The results indicate that some owners tended to become depressed and anxious after their pets had received a diagnosis of cancer. Employment may be a predictor of depression. High trait anxiety and a pet with a poor prognosis may increase owners’ state anxiety. Including the pet in a family genogram and attention to the pet’s health condition may be important considerations for family practice. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6368008/ /pubmed/30782907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024512 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | General practice / Family practice Nakano, Yuko Matsushima, Masato Nakamori, Azusa Hiroma, Junshiro Matsuo, Eiji Wakabayashi, Hidetaka Yoshida, Shuhei Ichikawa, Hiroko Kaneko, Makoto Mutai, Rieko Sugiyama, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Eriko Kobayashi, Tetsuya Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan |
title | Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan |
title_full | Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan |
title_fullStr | Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan |
title_short | Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan |
title_sort | depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in japan |
topic | General practice / Family practice |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024512 |
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