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Anxiety Disorders
Research from G.E. Pamuk and colleagues provide new insights into anxiety disorders
May 13th, 2008
According to a study from Besiktas, Turkey, "We aimed to evaluate the prevalences of self-reported anxiety and depression symptoms in hematological malignancy patients and to determine the association between the presence of these disorders and the results of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). One hundred and forty patients with a diagnosis of a hematological malignancy completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the General Health Questionnaire." "Patients with higher anxiety scores were more frequently inpatients, had higher EORTC general symptom scores, and they had lower...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-13)
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