Anxiety and depression in thymoma patients in China before surgery

• Published in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 313
• Main Authors: Li, Jiaduo, Qi, Guoyan, Liu, Yaling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.12.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Anxiety; Cancer; Coping; Depression; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - etiology; Depression, Mental; Hospitals; Humans; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Myasthenia; Myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia Gravis - complications; Myasthenia Gravis - surgery; Neuromuscular junctions; Patients; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Related factors; Social support; Surgery; Thoracic surgery; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods; Thymectomy - adverse effects; Thymectomy - methods; Thymoma; Thymoma - complications; Thymoma - surgery; Thymus Neoplasms - complications; Thymus Neoplasms - surgery; Tumors; China; Depression; Anxiety; Related factors; Thymoma

The study's goal was to investigate the percentage of anxiety and depression in Chinese thymoma patients before surgery, and also the factors that influence it. The study included patients who had an anterior mediastinal mass discovered by chest CT and were scheduled for video-assisted thoracos...