SITUATION OF ANXIETY AMONG BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AT HA NOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Trần Thị Thu Hà1,2,, Lê Thị Thu Hà1,2, Nguyễn Hoàng Yến1,2, Phùng Thị Hoàng Oanh1
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 National Mental Health Institute, Bach Mai Hospital

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Objectives: Assessement of anxiety in breast cancer patients treated at Hanoi Medical University Hospital. Subjects and research methods: A total of 59 patients  were diagnosed with Breast cancer, using DASS-21. Results: The average age of the study 51.8 ± 11.12. 41% of patients detect breast cancer for more than 6 months and 91.5% of patients had Abnormal mass in the breast. 50.8% of breast cancer patients in stage 2. The study showed 23.7% of breast cancer patients with anxiety on DASS-21 scale, of which 8.5% of mild anxiety, 15.2% of the average anxiety. The Autonomic arousal symptoms has 46.7% of patients suffer from Palpitations or pounding heart. 62.7% of patients with restlessness, inability to relax. 27.1% of patients feel dizzy and 33.9% of patients have difficulty sleeping because of anxiety. The difference in the level of anxiety on DASS at different stages of breast cancer is not statistically significant. The difference in the level of anxiety on the DASS scale of the time of different disease is not statistically significant.

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