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Anxiety in Long‐Term Cancer Survivors Influences The Acceptability of Planned Discharge From Follow‐Up

Anxiety in Long‐Term Cancer Survivors Influences The Acceptability of Planned Discharge From... Anxiety levels in a sample of 65 long‐term cancer survivors were assessed in a study of the effects of a planned discharge from an oncology clinic. Thirty‐one percent of patients scored ≥8, and 12% ≥11 on the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), indicating that anxiety rates in patients in long‐standing remission do not greatly differ from patients with active disease. Despite the provision of continued support and guaranteed fast‐access return to the clinic if necessary, 28% of patients refused to be discharged. Fear that recurrence would not be detected was the reason most frequently cited. Seventy‐five percent of these patients were HADS anxiety cases. A second assessment 4–5 months later of the 41 patients who were discharged showed a slight, but non‐significant increase in anxiety rates suggesting that anxiety in cancer survivors may be persistent and not related to clinic attendance. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psycho-Oncology Wiley

Anxiety in Long‐Term Cancer Survivors Influences The Acceptability of Planned Discharge From Follow‐Up

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1997 Wiley Subscription Services
ISSN
1057-9249
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1099-1611
DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199709)6:3<190::AID-PON274>3.0.CO;2-0
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9313284
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Abstract

Anxiety levels in a sample of 65 long‐term cancer survivors were assessed in a study of the effects of a planned discharge from an oncology clinic. Thirty‐one percent of patients scored ≥8, and 12% ≥11 on the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), indicating that anxiety rates in patients in long‐standing remission do not greatly differ from patients with active disease. Despite the provision of continued support and guaranteed fast‐access return to the clinic if necessary, 28% of patients refused to be discharged. Fear that recurrence would not be detected was the reason most frequently cited. Seventy‐five percent of these patients were HADS anxiety cases. A second assessment 4–5 months later of the 41 patients who were discharged showed a slight, but non‐significant increase in anxiety rates suggesting that anxiety in cancer survivors may be persistent and not related to clinic attendance. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Psycho-Oncology – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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