إدراك المرض و علاقته باستجابتي القلق و الاكتئاب لدى مرضى السرطان

Abstract EN

Disease is not only organic, but a complex phenomenon and can not be shortened in the biological dimension, there are psychological effects, social and cultural affect such as habits, attitudes, and behavior, and their interaction, especially in patients with chronic diseases Current study is concerned with representation and perception dimensions of illness in cancer patients and its association with anxiety and depression.

differences according to age, gender, educational level, cancer type, duration and treatment type are explored Illness Representation Questionnaire (IPQ-R) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used.

Their validity and reliability were confirmed in included 85 cancer patients.

Main results include: Increased awareness of cancer patients in both consequences, self-control and treatment control, disease correlations, cyclicality, emotional effects, and relatively low in temporal distance compared with the average responses -There are differences in the dimensions of the disease according to sex, social level and time period, while there are differences in age according to the dimensions (consistency and self-control and emotional) for the benefit of young people, and differences according to educational level in dimensions (temporal, emotional) in favor of higher education level, and differences according to the economic level at consequences for the benefit of the high economic level.

Identity correlate with accompanying symptoms, and no significant differences between sex, age, educational level, socioeconomic level, and duration High significance of the differences of psychological, behavioral, and religious / religious causes, and a slight decrease in the significance of genetic causes / family.

No significant differences in causal attribution according to sex, age, educational level and social and in the time period The presence of anxiety and depression in cancer patients, and increase in favor of females compared to males Correlation between the dimensions of the perception of disease and anxiety and depression, a function with all dimensions and a strong link with the emotional dimension, and a relationship with the opposite dimensions (control of treatment and understanding of the disease and control of the disease), the more the degree of these dimensions, Level of anxiety and depression Significance of correlation between identity and anxiety and depression, which shows the correlation level of anxiety and depression increased the occurrence of symptoms in patients with cancer The study summarized the relationship between the dimensions of the perception of the disease and the responses of anxiety and depression in cancer patients