• Cancer nursing · Jan 2020

    Trajectories of Depressed Mood and Anxiety During Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.

    • Meagan Whisenant, Bob Wong, Sandra A Mitchell, Susan L Beck, and Kathi Mooney.
    • Author Affiliations: Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Whisenant); College of Nursing (Drs Wong, Beck, and Mooney) and Huntsman Cancer Institute (Drs Beck and Mooney), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; and Outcomes Research Brant, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland (Dr Mitchell).
    • Cancer Nurs. 2020 Jan 1; 43 (1): 22-31.

    BackgroundWomen are at risk of mood disturbance during treatment for breast cancer.ObjectiveThe aims of this study were to identify classes of women experiencing similar trajectories of depressed mood and anxiety while receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer and to determine associated antecedents and outcomes. The specific aims were to (1) determine the distinct trajectory classes associated with severity of depressed mood and anxiety reported by women undergoing cycles 2 and 3 of chemotherapy for breast cancer, (2) determine if class membership is associated with various antecedent variables, and (3) determine if class membership is associated with days of missed work and hours spent lying down.MethodsIn a secondary analysis, classes were identified using Latent Growth Mixture Modeling. Antecedents and outcomes related to class membership were explored.ResultsParticipants (n = 166; mean age, 53 [SD, 10.8] years) were mostly white (91.46%); half had early-stage disease. Two trajectories of depressed mood and anxiety were identified. Receipt of doxorubicin was associated with the higher severity class for depressed mood (P < .01) and anxiety (P = .04). No college education (P = .03) or spending more hours lying down (P = .03) was associated with the higher severity class for anxiety.ConclusionsDistinct trajectories of mood disturbance are distinguished by baseline severity. Further study is needed to determine if biologic or genomic factors are associated with class membership.Implications For PracticeIdentification of women at risk of mood disturbance may allow clinicians to intensify symptom management. Mood disturbance early in the treatment trajectory warrants management to improve outcomes.

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