Key result
An assessment psycho-oncological model incorporating stressful events, depression, and anxiety significantly discriminated between female cancer patients and healthy controls (X2 = 109.73, p<0.001).
Why the study?
Psychosocial needs in cancer patients seem to be underestimated and undertreated, prompting the exploration of under-considered psychosocial needs and the testing of an assessment psycho-oncological model for female cancer patients.
Does an assessment psycho-oncological model accurately predict psychosocial needs in female cancer patients compared to healthy controls?
Case-Control (n=468)
Does an assessment psycho-oncological model accurately predict psychosocial needs in female cancer patients compared to healthy controls?
Effect estimate: Ʌ= 0.680, X2= 109.73
p-value: p=< .001
Stressful events, depression, and anxiety are adequate markers for assessing psychosocial needs in female cancer patients, supporting the use of a tailored psycho-oncological assessment model.
Supports psycho-oncological assessment in female cancer care; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK: Psychosocial needs in cancer patients seem to be underestimated and undertreated. The present research was designed to explore under-considered psychosocial needs (e.g., stressful life events, perceived social support, sense of mastery and depressive/anxious symptoms) of a female cancer group. The aim of the study was to test an assessment psycho-oncological model for female cancer patients. An assessment model of psychosocial needs and Stressful Life Events was operationalized and tests its predictive power. METHODS: We used Discriminant Analysis to test predictive power of the model and of the single variables included in it. 236 oncological patients (mean age 55.50 ± 13.09) were matched with 232 healthy control groups in the study. The following instruments were chosen: the Florence Psychiatric Interview, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Beck Depression Inventory I, and Sense of Mastery. RESULTS: The model satisfied the assumption criteria and was significant (Ʌ= .680, X2 = 109.73, p< .001). CONCLUSIONS: Stressful events, depression and anxiety were adequate markers of the assessment psycho-oncological model proposed for female cancer patients. The present study provides contributions in a clinical perspective: the results support the relevance of considering an assessment psychosocial model to use in female oncology for an accurate estimation of the women's needs. Women affected by female cancer with an history of Stressful Early and Recent life events and high level of anxiety and depression could positively benefit from a psychotherapy treatment.
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Raineri et al. (2021) conducted a case-control in Female cancer (n=468). Psychosocial needs and stressful life events vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on Predictive power of the assessment psycho-oncological model (Ʌ= 0.680, X2= 109.73, p=< .001). An assessment psycho-oncological model incorporating stressful events, depression, and anxiety significantly discriminated between female cancer patients and healthy controls (X2 = 109.73, p<0.001).
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