Nazlican Ersin, Akbaba Muhsin, Okyay R Azim
Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Turkey.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(6):2557-61. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.6.2557.
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in females in Turkey. The main problems experienced by women with breast cancer are physical losses, emotional distress and degradation in family, work and social roles. The purpose of this cross-sectional retrospective study was to investigate the socio-demographical characteristics and depressive symptoms of 125 newly diagnosed cases with breast cancer reported to cancer control department of Hatay provincial health directorate in 2011. To evaluate the depressive symptoms the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used. All 125 cases who participated in the study were female. The mean age was 49.2 ± 11.9. The mean BDI score of the cases was 17.5 ± 10.6. The number of cases whose BDI scores were 17 and above was 65 (52.0%), and the number of cases whose BDI scores were under 17 was 60 (48.0%). The most striking finding in our study was that only 4 of the cases were receiving psychological help and support. The rate of depression was found high in our study and psychological support is a must for patients with a life threatening disease such as cancer.
乳腺癌是土耳其女性中最常被诊断出的癌症，也是女性癌症死亡的主要原因。乳腺癌女性患者面临的主要问题包括身体损伤、情绪困扰以及家庭、工作和社会角色的丧失。这项横断面回顾性研究的目的是调查2011年向哈塔伊省卫生管理局癌症控制部门报告的125例新诊断乳腺癌病例的社会人口学特征和抑郁症状。使用贝克抑郁量表（BDI）评估抑郁症状。参与研究的125例病例均为女性。平均年龄为49.2±11.9岁。病例的平均BDI评分为17.5±10.6。BDI评分在17分及以上的病例有65例（52.0%），BDI评分低于17分的病例有60例（48.0%）。我们研究中最显著的发现是，只有4例病例正在接受心理帮助和支持。我们的研究发现抑郁症发病率很高，对于像癌症这样危及生命的疾病患者来说，心理支持是必不可少的。
