Anxiety and depression among breast cancer patients in an urban setting in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4031-4035

  Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat ^a   Shah, Shamsul Azhar ^a   Ghazi, Hasanain Faisal ^a   Mujar, Noor Mastura Mohd ^b   Samsuri, Mohd Fadhli ^a   Baharom, Nizam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Depression; Malaysia; Urban setting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930145172     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.9.4031     Document Type: Article

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