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Depression And Anxiety Burden Among Families Of Patients With Malignant Disease, Hala M. Shaheen, Mohamed A. Dawood, Nagwa Nashat Hegazy, Naser Abd El Bary
Depression And Anxiety Burden Among Families Of Patients With Malignant Disease, Hala M. Shaheen, Mohamed A. Dawood, Nagwa Nashat Hegazy, Naser Abd El Bary
Menoufia Medical Journal
Objective The aim of this work is to estimate the frequency of different malignant diseases among the families in Manshaat Sultan village, Menoufia Government, and also estimate the depression and anxiety burden among the families of the studied patients with malignant disease. Background The prevalence of anxiety and depression was 47 and 18%, respectively, among family caregivers of patients with cancer. The psychological stress of caregiving has a negative effect not only on the health of the family caregivers but also on the health and well-being of the patients with cancer. Patients and methods The study was approved by the …