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Psychological profile of breast cancer patients-sample from al-Resafa / Baghdad

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    • Sahar Al-Shatari 1
    • Mahir Suhail 2
    • Iman A. Mohammed 3
    • Iman Chaloob 4

    1 MBChB., FICMS, Ass. Proph. Consultant Family Physician, IMOH/managerial deputy/ quality management & organization development department, Iraq.

    2 MBChB., working in planning and statistical department in al Resafa directorate.

    3 MBChB., FICMS, working as head manager of training department in al Resafa health directorate.

    4 MBChB., working as head manager of cancer division in al Resafa health directorate.

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10.33762/mjbu.2022.132513.1093
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Background: Among cancer patients; the Prevalence of psychiatric disorders is approximately 50% and most of the disorders are related to the occurrence of cancer and cancer treatment.
Objectives: to estimate psychological problems and conditions in breast-cancer married patients, in al-Resafa side of Baghdad, and its relation with their demographic features and some habits.
Method & patients: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st June 2018 till 1st January 2019; data were collected from patients attending breast tumor center at Baghdad teaching hospital, radiotherapy & nuclear medicine hospital, and 10 breast-tumor-centers at 10 hospitals in Al-Resafa / Baghdad city.
Results: in this study 182 married women with breast cancer, higher percentage 56(30.8%) aged (50-60) year, housewife 153(84.1%), complete intermediate school 36(19.8%), diagnosed in second-stage 113(62.1%), non-smoker 124(68.1%) and always practicing exercise 121(66.5%). The psychological problems; sleep-disturbance 66(33.5%), stress 60(33%), loss-of-appetite 56(30.8), outrage-without-causes 27(14.8%), crying-without-causes 22(12.1%), loss-of-hope 15(8.2%), marital-problems 14(7.7%), loss-of-interest 13(7.1%), suicide-attempt 8(4.4%), and losing-interest-to-their-children 7(3.8%). But most of them had good overall psychological condition 149(81.9%).
Conclusion: 182 married women with breast cancer aged 49.42 ±11.213, complete/intermediate school, diagnosed in second-stage, non-smoker, and always practicing exercise. Psychological conditions were one-third of them have sleep disturbance, stress, loss-of-appetite, one-sixth of them had outrage-without-causes, and crying-without-causes, less than ten percent had a loss-of-hope, marital problems, loss-of-interest, suicide-attempt, and losing-interest-to their children. The overall psychological condition is good in the majority of them with statistically significant with smoking only

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  • Keywords: Breast-cancer
  • psychological-problems
  • sleep-disturbance
  • Baghdad
  • Iraq

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  • Oncology
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The Medical Journal of Basrah University
Volume 40, Issue 1
June 2022
Page 8-19
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Al-Shatari, S., Suhail, M., Mohammed, I., & Chaloob, I. (2022). Psychological profile of breast cancer patients-sample from al-Resafa / Baghdad. The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 40(1), 8-19. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2022.132513.1093

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Sahar Al-Shatari; Mahir Suhail; Iman A. Mohammed; Iman Chaloob. "Psychological profile of breast cancer patients-sample from al-Resafa / Baghdad". The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 40, 1, 2022, 8-19. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2022.132513.1093

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Al-Shatari, S., Suhail, M., Mohammed, I., Chaloob, I. (2022). 'Psychological profile of breast cancer patients-sample from al-Resafa / Baghdad', The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 40(1), pp. 8-19. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2022.132513.1093

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Al-Shatari, S., Suhail, M., Mohammed, I., Chaloob, I. Psychological profile of breast cancer patients-sample from al-Resafa / Baghdad. The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2022; 40(1): 8-19. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2022.132513.1093

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