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The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer

Studies investigating the psychological aspects of cancer have gained importance in recent years. In these studies, the rates of depression and anxiety in cancer patients were examined, but the risk of suicide had not been examined. This study investigated the psychiatric diagnoses of depression, an...

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Autores principales: Sönmez, Ipek, Balikçi, Kuzeymen, Denizgil, Tuğçe, Aydın, Orkun, Andrieu, Meltem Nalça
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32001936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_425_18
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author Sönmez, Ipek
Balikçi, Kuzeymen
Denizgil, Tuğçe
Aydın, Orkun
Andrieu, Meltem Nalça
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description Studies investigating the psychological aspects of cancer have gained importance in recent years. In these studies, the rates of depression and anxiety in cancer patients were examined, but the risk of suicide had not been examined. This study investigated the psychiatric diagnoses of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk in cancer patients. Eighty patients who met the inclusion criteria were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID), and Suicide Probability Scale. The examination of the relationships across variables was assessed with Pearson's correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Due to SCID assessment, 45% of patients were found to have depression diagnosis, and 11.25% were found to have anxiety diagnosis. In the patients who had previous psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, total suicide probability scores demonstrated statistically significant differences. The frequency of depressive disorders and anxiety disorders in cancer patients is high. The studies investigating that suicide are rare, and in our findings, previous psychiatric diagnosis and treatment were risk factors. In the past studies, depression has been reported to be the most important factor in increasing the risk of suicide in cancer. Contrary to previous findings, according to the data obtained from this study, anxiety is the most important predictor of suicidal risk among all the determinants.
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spelling pubmed-69644552020-01-30 The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer Sönmez, Ipek Balikçi, Kuzeymen Denizgil, Tuğçe Aydın, Orkun Andrieu, Meltem Nalça Indian J Psychiatry Brief Research Communication Studies investigating the psychological aspects of cancer have gained importance in recent years. In these studies, the rates of depression and anxiety in cancer patients were examined, but the risk of suicide had not been examined. This study investigated the psychiatric diagnoses of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk in cancer patients. Eighty patients who met the inclusion criteria were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID), and Suicide Probability Scale. The examination of the relationships across variables was assessed with Pearson's correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Due to SCID assessment, 45% of patients were found to have depression diagnosis, and 11.25% were found to have anxiety diagnosis. In the patients who had previous psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, total suicide probability scores demonstrated statistically significant differences. The frequency of depressive disorders and anxiety disorders in cancer patients is high. The studies investigating that suicide are rare, and in our findings, previous psychiatric diagnosis and treatment were risk factors. In the past studies, depression has been reported to be the most important factor in increasing the risk of suicide in cancer. Contrary to previous findings, according to the data obtained from this study, anxiety is the most important predictor of suicidal risk among all the determinants. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6964455/ /pubmed/32001936 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_425_18 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Sönmez, Ipek
Balikçi, Kuzeymen
Denizgil, Tuğçe
Aydın, Orkun
Andrieu, Meltem Nalça
The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer
title The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer
title_full The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer
title_fullStr The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer
title_full_unstemmed The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer
title_short The trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer
title_sort trait anxiety as a predictor of the suicidal risk in patients with cancer
topic Brief Research Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32001936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_425_18
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