BACKGROUND The rectum cancer is associated with high rates of complications and morbidities with great impact on the lives of affected individuals. AIM To evaluate quality of life, pain, anxiety and depression in patients treated for medium and lower rectum cancer, submitted to surgical intervention. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study. Eighty-eight records of patients with medium a...

The current study examined the psychometrics of three traditional [i.e., the trait anxiety version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), and the Fear Survey Schedule for Children - Revised (FSSC-R)] and three new childhood anxiety scales [the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC), the Screen for Child Anxie...

BACKGROUND The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was developed as a self-assessment tool to identify anxiety and depression in patients of age 16-65 years. Its use in younger age groups and illiterate populations is not well examined. The purpose of this study was to examine the structure, reliability, and applicability of its Amharic version in a community sample of early orphan adolescent...

The article approaches the basic theoretical foundation of anxiety disorders, on which “Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)” and “Depression Stress Scales (DASS- 42)” are used to measure levels disorder 260 primary school pre-school education students in Education Faculty - Dong Thap University. research result aimed clarify student’s level disorder, anxiety, depression stress (factors impacti...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Several studies suggest a strong association between anxiety and depression with chronic pain. That can be demonstrated using standard scales to detect these symptoms. The objective of this study was to determine sensibility and specificity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) in patients with chronic pain syndromes followed at the Pain Center of the Hosp...

OBJECTIVE There has been limited characterization of the burden of anxiety and depression, especially the former, among US adults with arthritis in the general population. The study objective was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression among US adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis. METHODS The study sample comprised US adults ages ≥ 45 years with doctor-diagnosed...

OBJECTIVE Depression and anxiety have been suggested to be associated with systemic inflammation upregulation. However, results are not always consistent, which may be due to symptom heterogeneity of depression and anxiety. There are some indications that associations with inflammation are mainly driven by somatic symptoms of depression and anxiety. We therefore set out to evaluate the differen...