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Erschienen in: Supportive Care in Cancer 3/2012

01.03.2012 | Original Article

A mono-institutional prospective study on the effectiveness of a specialist psychotherapeutic intervention (POI) started at the diagnosis of cancer

verfasst von: Christian Lurati, Marco Riva, Roberta Resega, Cristina Mantica, Marina Chiara Garassino, Paola Sburlati, Nicla La Verde, Michela Cinquini, Sheila Piva, Claudio Mencacci, Gabriella Farina

Erschienen in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Ausgabe 3/2012

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Abstract

Purpose

We evaluated the effectiveness of an early POI in newly diagnosed cancer patients in reducing the occurrence of psychiatric disturbances.

Methods

We designed a mono-institutional prospective study involving all new patients admitted to the Oncology Department of Fatebenefratelli and Ophtalmic Hospital in Milan from January 2005 until September 2008. During the first visit, the oncologist could offer support with a psycho-oncologist. The patients who accepted had a first interview (T0), during which they took a self-evaluation test (HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale). On the basis of the score, the psycho-oncologist could offer psychotherapy and/or pharmacological intervention, if necessary. At the end of the eight sessions (T1), the patient repeated the self-evaluation test with the HADS, and we analysed both the difference in the HADS score between T0 and T1 and the clinical evaluation of the psycho-oncologist.

Results

Three hundred eighteen patients were evaluated with a psychoanalytical psychotherapy approach by two psycho-oncologists through a first interview and 90 of them were eligible for the present study also for the evaluation of HADS. The average HADS score in T0 was 15.26 for depression (sd=3.21) and 13.86 for anxiety (sd = 2.05). The reassessment at the end of the psychotherapy (T1) showed an average HADS score of 5.94 for depression (sd = 3.11) and 6.58 for anxiety (sd = 2.88). Only five patients were treated with a pharmacological approach alone.

Conclusions

Considering all the limits of our study, we may conclude that an early POI significantly reduces patients' psychiatric symptoms and the risk of a negative evolution of pathological situations in those patients who are motivated and express a need for psychological help.
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Metadaten
Titel
A mono-institutional prospective study on the effectiveness of a specialist psychotherapeutic intervention (POI) started at the diagnosis of cancer
verfasst von
Christian Lurati
Marco Riva
Roberta Resega
Cristina Mantica
Marina Chiara Garassino
Paola Sburlati
Nicla La Verde
Michela Cinquini
Sheila Piva
Claudio Mencacci
Gabriella Farina
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Ausgabe 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-011-1096-x

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