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Pain, Depression And Coping Styles: Assessment And Evaluation In Cancer Pain Population
| Ieraci V*, Bovero A, Pennazio F and Torta R | |
| Clinical Psychology and Psycho-Oncology Unit – Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Italy | |
| Corresponding Author : | Valentina Ieraci Clinical Psychology and Psycho-Oncology Unit–Department of Neurosciences University of Turin, Italy Tel: 0039 3484240710 E-mail: valentina.ieraci@unito.it |
| Received November 29, 2013; Accepted January 22, 2014; Published January 24, 2014 | |
| Citation: Ieraci V, Bovero A, Pennazio F, Torta R (2014) Pain, Depression and Coping Styles: Assessment and Evaluation in Cancer Pain Population. J Pain Relief S2:004. doi: 10.4172/2167-0846.1000S2-004 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Ieraci V, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Cancer patients may suffer from a plethora of symptoms at all stages of their disease. Pain is one of the most feared and distressing symptoms experienced by people with cancer and may be the dominating symptom at time of diagnosis of cancer, a sign of disease relapse, a symptom of late toxicity and a key symptom in patients with advanced cancer and it is often associated with depression and impaired quality of life, consistent with a biopsychosocial model. The main goal of this study is to investigate the relation among pain, anxiety and depression in a population of oncological patients and the secondary objective is to analyse the association between cancer pain and coping styles.
