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Anxiety, depression, perceived social support and quality of life in Malaysian breast cancer patients: a 1-year prospective study

Ng CG 1 , Mohamed S 2 , See MH 3 , Harun F 3 , Dahlui M 4 , Sulaiman AH 5 Show all authors , Zainal NZ 5 , Taib NA 3 , MyBCC Study group

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. chong_guan@um.edu.my
  • 2 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Surgery, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2015;13:205.
PMID: 26715073 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0401-7

Abstract

Depression and anxiety are common psychiatric morbidity among breast cancer patient. There is a lack of study examining the correlation between depression, anxiety and quality of life (QoL) with perceived social support (PSS) among breast cancer patients. This study aims to study the level of depression, anxiety, QoL and PSS among Malaysian breast cancer women over a period of 12 months and their associations at baseline, 6 and 12 months.

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