Psychological disorders in women of fertile age and postmenopausal women with advanced cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is a very preventable disease that poses a significant threat to women, especially in countries with low economic development. The aim of the study was to study some aspects of the psychological status of patients with cervical cancer. The psychological status of patients with cervical cancer (n = 83) was studied at the Osh Interregional Oncology Center (Republic of Kyrgyzstan) using the hospital scale of anxiety and depression (HADS) and the scale of self-assessment of the level of reactive and personal anxiety (the test of Spielberger-Khanin). Patients diagnosed with cervical cancer are a vulnerable group for the development of psychological disorders, and they need screening programs that can potentially identify candidates for psychotherapeutic treatment. The hospital scale of depression and anxiety showed that patients of both fertile and postmenopausal age have a high frequency of clinically expressed anxiety, more common among the latter. However, signs of depression were more pronounced among those of fertile age, compared with postmenopausal. Regarding reactive and personal anxiety, the frequency of their spread was the same among people of fertile and postmenopausal age.

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