Screening for Depression in Younger Breast Cancer Survivors: Outcomes From Use of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire.

Patricia A GanzJulienne E BowerAnn H Partridge Antonio C WolffElissa D ThornerHadine Joffe Michael R Irwin Laura Petersen Catherine M Crespi

Published in: JNCI cancer spectrum (2021)

Depressive symptoms in this selected sample of younger breast cancer survivors were independent of demographic characteristics or cancer treatment history, suggesting that depression screening is necessary to detect uncontrolled depressive symptoms.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
social support
sleep quality
public health
healthcare
psychometric properties
mental health
case report
cross sectional
health information
social media
risk assessment
patient reported
human health