Assessment of Distress Among Chemotherapy Patients: A Comparative Study of Gender

• Published in: Paidéia cadernos de Psicologia e Educação Vol. 24; no. 57; pp. 56 - 65
• Main Authors: Bergerot, Cristiane Decat, Araujo, Tereza Cristina Cavalcanti Ferreira de, Tróccoli, Bartholomeu Tôrres
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: São Paulo Universidade de São Paulo-Programa de Pós Graduação em Psicologia, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto 01.04.2014; Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia; Universidade de São Paulo
• Subjects: Beliefs; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Comparative Analysis; Comparative studies; Coping; evaluación; Family Needs; Females; Femininity; Gender; Gender Differences; género; Health Promotion; Health Services; Individual Development; Males; Masculinity; Medical Services; Meta Analysis; paciente de cáncer; Patients; psico-oncología; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; Quality of Life; Resistance (Psychology); Sex Stereotypes; Stress; evaluation; gender; cancer patient; paciente de câncer; paciente de cáncer; psico-oncología; género; avaliação; evaluación; psycho-oncology; gênero; psico-oncologia

The aim of this study was to evaluate, analyze and understand distress levels experienced during chemotherapy treatment, comparing men and women. The sample was composed of 328 patients recruited from an Oncology center. Data collection included the application of the Distress Thermometer at three s...