- AutorIn
- Michael Karl Fehrenbach
- Hannah Brock
- Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf
- Jürgen Meixensberger
- Titel
- Psychological Distress in Intracranial Neoplasia: A Comparison of Patients With Benign and Malignant Brain Tumours
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-844528
- Quellenangabe
- Frontiers in psychology
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Jahrgang: 12
E-ISSN: 1664-1078
Artikelnummer: 664235 - Erstveröffentlichung
- 2021
- Abstract (EN)
- Objective: We aimed to assess psychological distress in patients with intracranial neoplasia, a group of patients who suffer from severe functional, neurocognitive and neuropsychological side effects, resulting in high emotional distress. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study, including inpatients with brain tumours. Eligible patients completed validated self-report questionnaires measuring depression, anxiety, distress, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), fear of progression and health-related quality of life. The questionnaire set was completed after brain surgery and receiving diagnosis and before discharge from hospital. Results: A total of n = 31 patients participated in this survey. Fourteen of them suffered from malignant (n = 3 metastatic neoplasia) and 17 from benign brain tumours. Mean values of the total sample regarding depression (M = 9.28, SD = 6.08) and anxiety (M = 6.00, SD = 4.98) remained below the cut-off ≥ 10. Mean psychosocial distress (M = 16.30, SD = 11.23, cut-off ≥ 14) and posttraumatic stress (M = 35.10, SD = 13.29, cut-off ≥ 32) exceeded the clinically relevant cut-off value in all the patients with intracranial tumours. Significantly, more patients with malignant (79%) than benign (29%) brain tumours reported PTSD symptoms (p = 0.006). Conclusion: Distress and clinically relevant PTSD symptoms in patients with intracranial neoplasia should be routinely screened and treated in psycho-oncological interventions immediately after diagnosis. Especially, neuro-oncological patients with malignant brain tumours or metastases need targeted support to reduce their emotional burden.
- Andere Ausgabe
- Link zur Erstveröffentlichung
Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.664235 - Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- intracranial neoplasia, psychological distress, self-report questionnaires, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, health-related quality of life, fear of progression
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 150
- Verlag
- Frontiers Research Foundation, Lausanne
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- publizierte Version / Verlagsversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-844528
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 31.03.2023
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
- CC BY 4.0