Department of Medical Oncology, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Alanya, Turkey.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2024 Apr 2;18:e54. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2024.62.
Natural disasters such as earthquakes can have a significant impact on cancer treatment and care. The objective of the study was to evaluate the psychological effect of the earthquake on survivor cancer patients compared to regular cancer patients.
Cancer patients who were evacuated from earthquake sites and referred for the continuation of their treatment, as well as regular resident patients were included in the study. The resident cancer patients were compared with the study population as a control group. DASS-21 forms were filled based on patients' declarations.
Forty-six patients were earthquake survivors and 55 were resident cancer patients. Stress scores were significantly higher in earthquake survivors ( = 0.021). In contrast, there was no difference in stratified groups due to DASS-21 categorization in stress scores while depression and anxiety subgroups had significant differences ( = 0.012; < 0.001). Also, women significantly had a worse outcome in the depression and anxiety categories ( = 0.028; = 0.021) while no difference was observed in men.
Recent earthquakes in Turkey had psychological negative effects on oncology patients. The increased stress, depression, and anxiety levels were observed in earthquake survivors who were evacuated from the disaster zone and compared to the control group.
自然灾害如地震会对癌症的治疗和护理产生重大影响。本研究旨在评估地震对幸存者癌症患者的心理影响，并与常规癌症患者进行比较。
本研究纳入了从地震灾区撤离并接受治疗的癌症患者，以及常规居住的癌症患者。将居住的癌症患者作为对照组与研究人群进行比较。根据患者的声明填写 DASS-21 表格。
46 名患者为地震幸存者，55 名患者为居住的癌症患者。幸存者的压力评分显著更高（ = 0.021）。然而，在抑郁和焦虑亚组中，DASS-21 分类的压力评分没有差异，但有显著差异（ = 0.012； < 0.001）。此外，女性在抑郁和焦虑类别中表现出更差的结果（ = 0.028； = 0.021），而男性则没有差异。
土耳其最近发生的地震对肿瘤患者产生了心理负面影响。与对照组相比，从灾区撤离的地震幸存者的压力、抑郁和焦虑水平均升高。
