Evaluation of anxiety levels during intracavitary brachytherapy applications in women with gynecological malignancies

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dc.contributor.authorKamer S.
dc.contributor.authorÖzsaran Z.
dc.contributor.authorÇelik Ö.
dc.contributor.authorBildik O.
dc.contributor.authorYalman D.
dc.contributor.authorBolukbaşi Y.
dc.contributor.authorHaydaroǧlu A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:22:55Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:22:55Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To evaluate the anxiety levels of women treated for gynecological malignancies using intracavitary brachytherapy. Methods: Anxiety levels prior to and after intracavitary brachytherapy application and factors influencing anxiety levels were evaluated. Women were evaluated for quality of life and psychological status before each brachytherapy application using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Scores were grouped as follows: 0-7 = normal, 8-10 = borderline, 11-21 = abnormal. Women were also questioned about other factors which could affect anxiety levels such as marital status, education level, number of pregnancies and prior surgical history. Results: Between January 2003 and August 2004, 146 women with a median age of 56 years were evaluated (range: 27-80). Eighty-six women had cervix uteri carcinoma and 63 had endometrial carcinoma. Sixty-seven women were premenopausal and 85 women were postmenopausal. The median pregnancy number was three (range = 0-10). Eighty-nine women had at least three children. Sixty-seven women had had previous operations. One hundred and twenty-five women were married and 24 women were unmarried or widowed. Before treatment, the anxiety scores were scored as normal in 49 (32%), borderline in 41 (28%), and abnormal in 59 (40%). Anxiety levels were lower in 69 women during the last application as compared with the pretreatment levels (p = 0.00). Marital status and pregnancy number showed a significant correlation with anxiety scores (p = 0.04). Age, level of education or having had a previous operation showed no significant correlation with anxiety level. Conclusion: These results indicate that intracavitary brachytherapy is associated with anxiety. Women need to be given detailed information before the brachytherapy application to reduce anxiety. Additional studies are needed to determine it.
dc.identifier.issn03922936
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/19278
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectBrachytherapy
dc.subjectEndometrial Neoplasms
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectPostmenopause
dc.subjectPremenopause
dc.subjectQuality of Life
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectRetrospective Studies
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Factors
dc.subjectUterine Cervical Neoplasms
dc.subjectWomen's Health
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectanamnesis
dc.subjectanxiety disorder
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbrachytherapy
dc.subjectclinical feature
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectcorrelation analysis
dc.subjectendometrium carcinoma
dc.subjectevaluation research
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectgynecologic cancer
dc.subjectHospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmarriage
dc.subjectpostmenopause
dc.subjectpregnancy
dc.subjectpremenopause
dc.subjectpsychologic test
dc.subjectquality of life
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectscoring system
dc.subjectsocioeconomics
dc.subjectuterus carcinoma
dc.titleEvaluation of anxiety levels during intracavitary brachytherapy applications in women with gynecological malignancies
dc.typeArticle

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