Volume: 2 Issue 7 [July 2019]

Article:Depression and Self-Esteem Among Preoperative and Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients in Peshawar

Author: Hafsa Iqbal, Alam Zeb Khattak

Volume: 2, Issue 7; July-2019 ;

DOI: Nor. Am. Aca. Res. 2019 : 2(7) : 91-103; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3270712

Abstract: The current study was conducted to find out the level of depression and self- esteem among the preoperative and postoperative. Level of self-esteem and depression among post operative (mastectomy and lumpectomy) were also investigated. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (IRNUM) at the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar. 120 sample of breast cancer were selected. 60 were preoperative and 60 were postoperative breast cancer patients. Their age ranges from 26 years to 55 years. Purposive sampling technique was used in the study. Urdu version of self-esteem scale (1999) and Depression scales were used (1992). SPSS 21 version was used for data analysis. Results: It was hypothesized in the study that there is a significant negative correlation between self-esteem and depression in preoperative and postoperative Breast Cancer. The results also shows the negative correlation amongst self–esteem and depression in lumpectomy and mastectomy Breast Cancer patients. Conclusion: it was concluded that there is no significant difference between the degree of depression and self-esteem in preoperative, postoperative, mastectomy and lumpectomy patients.

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