Associations between multimorbidity and depression among breast cancer survivors within the UK Biobank cohort: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advances in the early detection of cancer and its treatment have resulted in an increasing number of people living with and beyond breast cancer. Multimorbidity is also becoming more common in this population as more people live longer with breast cancer and experience late effects of cancer treatment. Breast cancer survivors have heightened risk of depression, but to what extent multimorbidity affects the mental health of this population is less clear. This study aims to investigate the association between multimorbidity and depression among women living with and beyond breast cancer in the UK Biobank cohort.

Methods

Data from UK Biobank (recruitment during 2006 to 2010, aged 40-70 years) were used to identify 8438 women with a previous diagnosis of breast cancer

SUBMITTER: Foster M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8167936 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature