Prevalence and predictors of probable depression in prostate cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The early diagnosis and treatment of depression are cancer care priorities. These priorities are critical for prostate cancer survivors because men rarely seek mental health care. However, little is known about the epidemiology of depression in this patient population. The goal of this study was to describe the prevalence and predictors of probable depression in prostate cancer survivors.

Methods

The data were from a population-based cohort of North Carolinian prostate cancer survivors who were enrolled from 2004 to 2007 in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (n = 1031) and were prospectively followed annually from 2008 to 2011 in the Health Care Access and Prostate Cancer Treatment in North Carolina study (n = 805). Generalized estimating equatio

SUBMITTER: Erim DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7465428 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature