Anxiety and depression status of patients with breast cancer and analysis of the related factors

Objective: To evaluate the status of anxiety and depression of patients with breast cancer,and analyze the related factors.Methods: The self-rating anxiety scale,self-rating depression scale and a self-designed questionnaire were used to investigate 230 patients with breast cancer.Results: The incidence of anxiety and depression in patients with breast cancer were 56.09% and 49.57% respectively.The related factors included age,educational level,pay forms,the monthly income of family and tumor staging and so on.Conclusions: The incidences of anxiety and depression of patients with breast cancer are relatively higher.To improve the psychological state of them,psychological intervention should be strengthened in the perioperative period of patients with breast cancer.