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Breast cancer: The level of stress correlated with the type of surgery and the instructive level of patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

T. Catalina Dana ,
C. Giurgi-Oncu ,
G. Daciana ,
O. Cristina ,
S. Ica ,
I. Rivis ,
N. Adriana ,
D. Bianca  and
A. Bredicean
T. Catalina Dana*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry I, “PIUS BRINZEU” COUNTY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC “EDUARD PAMFIL”, TIMISOARA, Romania
C. Giurgi-Oncu
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
G. Daciana
Affiliation:
Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
O. Cristina
Affiliation:
Medical Oncology, ONCOHELP MEDICAL CENTER, TIMISOARA, Romania
S. Ica
Affiliation:
Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, “PIUS BRINZEU” COUNTY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, TIMISOARA, Romania
I. Rivis
Affiliation:
Neurosciences, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
N. Adriana
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, “DR.VICTOR POPESCU” EMERGENCY MIITARY HOSPITAL, TIMISOARA, Romania
D. Bianca
Affiliation:
Psychiatry I, “PIUS BRINZEU” COUNTY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC “EDUARD PAMFIL”, TIMISOARA, Romania
A. Bredicean
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, “DR.VICTOR POPESCU” EMERGENCY MIITARY HOSPITAL, TIMISOARA, Romania Neurosciences, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Breast cancer is a severe pathology that once detected completely changes the patient’s perception of life.

Objectives

Evaluating the relationship that is established between the level of stress, the type of surgery applied and, the instructive level of women.

Methods

We selected 67 patients which were divided into 2 groups: group I(31) women who benefited from immediate reconstruction and group II(36) subjects who benefited from a late reconstruction. We split each group into two subgroups: women with secondary education and women with higher education. A socio-demographic questionnaire and the DASS-21 scale were applied.

Results

Comparing the two groups we noticed that stress level was more present in group I(38,7%) than in group II(25%). The differences were not statistically significant(p>0,05). In the subgroup of women with higher education in group I, high levels of stress were observed at 23,08% and, in the subgroup of patients with secondary education, 50% had high levels of stress. The differences were not statistically significant (p>0,05). We also analyzed the two subgroups of group II and we identified increased levels of stress in 20% of patients with higher education compared to those with secondary education where 26,93% had high levels of stress. Also, the differences were not statistically significant(p>0,05). A statistically significant difference(p<0,05) was found when we compared the level of stress between women with secondary education of group I and those of group II.

Conclusions

The study revealed that stress levels tend to be higher in women with immediate breast reconstruction and secondary education.

Keywords

BREAST-CANCERsurgerystressEducation
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S434 - S435
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