Effective and ineffective psychological adjustment in breast cancer patients before receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: insights from a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The timing of a breast cancer (BC) diagnosis has a significant psychological impact on patients. However, it reported that those eligible for treatment regimens based on neoadjuvant chemotherapy may experience high levels of depression, anxiety and distress. To cope with this situation, patients deploy psychological coping strategies. The aim of this study is to explore effective and ineffective psychological adjustment mobilized by Moroccan patients newly diagnosed with BC and before receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, as well as to identify their associations to socio-demographic and clinical determinants.

Materials and methods

A total of 209 patients were recruited in outpatient in oncology department in the public oncology hospital of Fez city, between 2021 an

SUBMITTER: Omari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11590217 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature