OBJECTIVE To assess quality of life (QoL) and psychological aspects in patients with gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). METHODS This cross-sectional self-report study was conducted among 54 women. Validated question-naires assessed QoL (WHO-QOL-bref), symptoms of depression (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]) and anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]). RESULTS Most patients rate...

BACKGROUND Anxiety is often present with depression and may be one of its manifestations. Although the adverse effects of depression in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have been well studied, the relation between anxiety and CHF prognosis has not been addressed. In a secondary analysis of data collected for a published study of depression and prognosis in patients with CHF, we examine...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine quality of life (QOL) and anxiety in a sample of women receiving radiation or chemotherapy for breast cancer. DESIGN Longitudinal, descriptive. SETTING A cancer center in the southeastern United States. SAMPLE 48 women participated; 17 received radiation and 31 received chemotherapy. METHODS The Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index (QLI) and Speilberger...

Various studies have focused on understanding how the continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) treatment improves the emotional state of obstructive sleep apnea patients, as well as factors that determine improvement. Yet the results are contradictory. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the changes in depression levels, anxiety state and anxiety trait levels of patients with obst...

Public health messages sometimes use graphic language to discourage health-adverse behaviors. However, such messages could provoke adverse stress and anxiety reactions. To assess whether public health messages on bioterrorism might measurably increase stress and anxiety, we conducted a randomized controlled trial in which potent and neutral messages were randomly allocated to 116 graduate stude...

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The goals of this study are to compare self-reported depression and anxiety in subjects diagnosed asthma healthy controls. METHODS: We designed a case-control study. Subjects were recruited using consecutive sampling method from single institution. Two groups created: Asthma Data medical history demographic background collected the record. Self-reported level was assessed Bec...

BACKGROUND The current study evaluated whether the level of preoperative anxiety assessed by the state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) affects cardiovascular response during anesthetic induction. Furthermore, we evaluated the utility of the preoperative anxiety scale as a predictive factor for hemodynamic changes. METHODS One hundred twenty patients who were scheduled to undergo elective surge...

Music is an aesthetic stimulus that evokes a subjective experience in every individual involved with it. as modality to reduce anxiety and stress has been researched scientifically across the world, but evidence regarding Indian musical scales (ragas) meager. Healthy individuals were randomly divided into four groups where three groups—A ( Ahir Bhairav), B Kaunsi Kanada), C Bhimpalas)—received ...

Background. Symptoms of celiac disease negatively impact social activities and emotional state. Aim was to investigate the prevalence of altered eating behaviour in celiac patients. Methods. Celiac patients and controls completed a dietary interview and the Binge Eating Staircases, Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2), Eating Attitudes Test, Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, State Trait Anxiety I...

To determine the effects of integrative relaxation training (IRT) on emotional stability, we exposed 32 patients diagnosed with anxiety disorder to a pre-test (16PF) and to 12 sessions of group psychoeducation training. Patients were randomly assigned to 2 groups (study 17 and control 15 patients). The study group received 12 weekly group sessions of IRT. Level of anxiety was evaluated in a pos...