Anxiety and depression in patients with intracranial meningioma: a mixed methods analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While diagnosis with a high-grade intracranial tumor is known to be associated with increased psychosocial burden, the burdens associated with meningioma are less well described. This study aimed to investigate the mental health burden in patients with meningiomas who have undergone surgical resection or serial observation, so as to identify and enhance awareness of gaps in care.

Methods

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was administered to participants. Fisher's Exact tests were performed to evaluate frequency distributions and t-tests were applied to compare postoperative and non-surgical patients' HADS scores. Semi-structured interviews were completed on a subset of participants. Thematic analysis of interviews identified emerging themes.

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SUBMITTER: Kasper G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994241 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature