{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["25(3)"],"submitter":["Wang CH"],"funding":["the National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>This study investigated the short- and long-term use of medication for psychological distress after the diagnosis of cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>Longitudinal data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database were used to follow 35,137 cancer patients for 2.5 years after being diagnosed in 2006 and 2007.<h4>Results</h4>Among those patients who survived for at least 180 days, 20.9 % had used psychotropic medications; sedatives were the most frequently prescribed (14.3 %), followed by antidepressants (5.5 %), anxiolytics (3.6 %), and antipsychotics (2.7 %). Lung cancer, prostate cancer, and oral cancer showed a significant association with the regular use of medication in the first 180 days. Among patients who survived for at least 2.5 years, 4.8 % still used psychotropic med"],"journal":["Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer"],"pagination":["757-768"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5266776"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Short- and long-term use of medication for psychological distress after the diagnosis of cancer."],"pmcid":["PMC5266776"],"pubmed_authors":["Chen CL","Yang CC","Wang CH","Yang WC","Chen L","Chen YY","Huang LC","Chou YJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Short- and long-term use of medication for psychological distress after the diagnosis of cancer.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>This study investigated the short- and long-term use of medication for psychological distress after the diagnosis of cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>Longitudinal data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database were used to follow 35,137 cancer patients for 2.5 years after being diagnosed in 2006 and 2007.<h4>Results</h4>Among those patients who survived for at least 180 days, 20.9 % had used psychotropic medications; sedatives were the most frequently prescribed (14.3 %), followed by antidepressants (5.5 %), anxiolytics (3.6 %), and antipsychotics (2.7 %). Lung cancer, prostate cancer, and oral cancer showed a significant association with the regular use of medication in the first 180 days. Among patients who survived for at least 2.5 years, 4.8 % still used psychotropic med","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Mar","modification":"2025-04-04T08:54:16.721Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:35:00Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5266776","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27785583"],"doi":["10.1007/s00520-016-3456-z"]}}