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Marital Satisfaction and Mental Health Status in Patients With Breast Cancer



Mokarian Rajabi F1 ; Ishaghi SR2 ; Tabesh P3 ; Ramezani MA4 ; Mehrzad V1 ; Motamedi N2
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  1. 1. Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatalalh University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Published:2012

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is a common cancer in women that affects femininity and marital life because of side effect of cancer treatments on breast as a sexual organ. The aim of this study was to evaluate the marital satisfaction in patients with breast cancer compared to general population. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study we recruited 60 participants in three groups. The first group contained breast cancer women, the second one consisted of patients with other cancers and the third group was selected from general population. Marital satisfaction and mental health status of participants were measured by Enriching and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH) questionnaire and 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), respectively. RESULTS: ANOVA test analysis did not determine any statistically significant differences between three groups in ENRICH score (p = 0.55) and GHQ-28 as mental health score (p = 0.93). In multivariate analysis after age adjustment, we could not find any statistically significant differences between the three groups in ENRICH score and GHQ-28 score. CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of breast cancer patients, there were not any significant differences in marital satisfaction comparing with general population.
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