Abstract

FINCK BARBOZA, C.  and  FORERO FORERO, M.J.. ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AND ITS RELATION WITH THEIR SPIRITUALITY/ RELIGIOSITY. A PRELIMINARY DATA ANALYSIS. rev. psicol. univ. antioquia [online]. 2011, vol.3, n.1, pp. 07-27. ISSN 2145-4892.

Data from two groups, 100 healthy women and 61 breast cancer patients that were treated at University Hospital in Bogotá was used for this preliminary analysis. In order to measure spiritually and religiosity some scales of the FETZER test were used. The levels of anxiety and depression were measured by using the HADS scale. No significant differences in the levels of anxiety and depression between the two groups were found. There are some interesting findings on the relationship between religious values and levels of anxiety.

Keywords : Breast Cancer; Spirituality; Religiosity; Anxiety; Depression.

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