%0 Journal Article %T Analyses on the Rate and Epidemic Characteristics of Anxiety and Depression among Cancer Patients in Yangpu District in Shanghai %J Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention %I West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. %Z 1513-7368 %D 2009 %\ 05/01/2009 %V 10 %N 5 %P 895-898 %! Analyses on the Rate and Epidemic Characteristics of Anxiety and Depression among Cancer Patients in Yangpu District in Shanghai %K cancer patients %K qnxiety %K depression %K Shanghai %R %X Objective : To investigate the rate and epidemic characteristics of anxiety and depression of cancer patientsin Yangpu district in Shanghai, China. Method: A self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and a self-rating depressionscale (SDS) were used to value the index of depression and anxiety of 560 cancer patients living in a community,randomly selected from the “Shanghai cancer patients database” in cluster sampling. A total of 511 questionnaireswere returned and valid. Results:The depression rate according to self- rating depression scale in cancer patientswas 53.0%; and the anxiety rate according to self- rating anxiety scale in cancer patients was 32.7%. The ratefor anxiety and depression was 30.1%; and the ratio of depression accompany with anxiety was 58.78% ; theratio of depression accompany with sub-anxiety was 4.35%. Conclusion: Psychological intervention is necessaryfor cancer patients, with comprehensive measures to improve life qualities and healing effects. %U https://journal.waocp.org/article_25031_a72047448e36e55fc25c87dc7531a2ac.pdf