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Table 3 Knowledge of Diagnosis, Stage, Treatment plan and surgery type vs Depression (N 223)

From: Risk of developing depression among breast cancer patients in Palestine

Variable

Participants n (%)

Asymptomatic-mild depression

Moderate-severe depression

P- value

Knowledge of BC stage or type

 Yes

35 (15.7%)

17 (48.6%)

18 (51.4%)

0.031

 No

188 (84.3%)

127 (67.6%)

61 (32.4%)

Treatment plan

  + Chemo

203 (91.0%)

130 (64.0%)

73 (36.0%)

0.595

 -Chemo

20 (9.0%)

14 (70.0%)

6 (30.0%)

Surgery Type

 Partial (± LN)

119 (53.4%)

74 (62.2%)

45 (37.8%)

0.147

 Total (± LN)

77 (34.5%)

48 (62.3%)

29 (37.7%)

 No surgery

27 (12.1%)

22 (81.5%)

5 (18.5%)

Number of side effects due to chemotherapy

 0 to 3

135 (60.5%)

96 (71.1%)

39 (28.9%)

0.011

 4 to 7

88 (39.5%)

48 (54.5%)

40 (45.5%)

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia

 Hair loss

164 (73.5%)

101 (61.6%)

63 (38.4%)

0.120

 No Hair loss

59 (26.5%)

43 (72.9%)

16 (27.1%)

  1.  + Chemo: treatment plan include chemotherapy, -Chemo: treatment plan does not include chemotherapy, Partial (± LN): partial mastectomy with or without lymph node removal, Total (± LN) total mastectomy with or without lymph node removal