Authors Saran Chandio Ziauddin University Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Karachi, Pakistan Badil Dow Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan Raja Ziauddin University Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Karachi, Pakistan Saeed Ahmed Samajo Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Karachi DOI: https://doi.org/10.58397/amthdv29 Abstract

Objective: To assess the frequency of mental and physical anxiety and depression, and identify associated sociodemographic factors among women with breast cancer.

Methods: A present analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on patients with breast cancer at the Larkana Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (LINAR), Larkana. Mental and physical anxiety and depression were determined using the Aga Khan University Anxiety and Depression Scale (AKUADS). The study was carried out between September 2021 and May 2022. A nonprobability consecutive sampling method was utilized to approach a sample of 289 diagnosed patients with breast cancer. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the association of mental anxiety and depression with physical anxiety, and the Chi-square test was utilized for the association of demographic variables with anxiety and depression, respectively. A p-value of <0.05 was considered a significant result.

Result: Of the 289 participants, most of 227 (78.5%) were married, and 281 (97.2%) were housewives. A moderate positive correlation between mental anxiety, depression, and physical anxiety was calculated at r = 0.614 and p-value =<0.001, respectively. Factors including husband’s education (p-value = 0.029), housewife’s income (p-value = 0.003), and family’s monthly income (p-value <0.001) were significantly related to anxiety and depression in patients with breast cancer.

Conclusion: Anxiety and depression are more prevalent in breast cancer patients. Low levels of husband’s education, housewives, and low family income were found to be contributing factors causing anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients.

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