Anxiety, depression and coping behaviors with pain in cancer patients who are aware or unaware of their cancer

GÜLEÇ G., Gulec S., Ceyhan D., Bahar M., Ozdemir S.

AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY, vol.29, no.3, pp.109-116, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.5505/agri.2017.56688
  • Journal Name: AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.109-116
  • Keywords: Anxiety, cancer, depression, diagnosis, pain, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, BREAST-CANCER, ASSOCIATION, ATTITUDES, SCALE
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether there are differences in depression, anxiety, pain and styles of coping with pain between cancer patients with and without awareness of their cancer diagnosis.