Relationships Between Emotional Distress and Psychosocial Concerns Among Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients

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Forty-four newly diagnosed oncology outpatients completed self-report forms that assessed their mood state and types and levels of psychosocial concerns at three points (at entry and three and six months later) during their initial six months of treatment. The levels of their psychosocial concerns were further assessed by auditing their medical records. The data analysis focused on how these measures of psychosocial concerns were related to stage of cancer, type of treatment, and levels of mood disturbance and psychosocial concerns. Stage of disease did not correlate with the levels and types of psychosocial concerns, whereas treatment modality and mood disturbance did. The results indicated that specific screening and inquiry into types of concerns and emotional distress, including distinctions between somatic and nonsomalic concerns, rather than reliance on routine interactions during physical examinations or treatments, should be considered when evaluating patients' psychosocial concerns and emotional ...

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