Psychosocial factors influencing distress among cancer patients in South India

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This research aims to investigate how demographic, clinical, and awareness factors influence distress levels in cancer patients.
Cross-sectional cohort study of 2019 cancer patients in Chennai, India.
Participants completed a distress measure during hospital admission or psycho-oncology referral.
Chi-square tests and multi-nominal logistic regression analyses were utilized to analyze the data.
60.3% of patients reported moderate to high emotional distress.
Younger age and awareness of diagnosis/prognosis were significantly associated with higher distress levels (P < .05).
Patients aware of their diagnoses were more likely to report moderate (P < .01) or severe distress (P < .05).

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Cross-sectional study assesses emotional distress linked to clinical factors in cancer patients, suggesting improved psychosocial support is needed.

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Veeraiah et al. (2022) studied this question.

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