Psychological distress in cancer patients with underage children: gender-specific differences.

  • Jochen Ernst
  • Heide Götze
  • Kerstin Krauel
  • Georg Romer
  • Corinna Bergelt
  • Hans-Henning Flechtner
  • Wolfgang Herzog
  • Ulrike Lehmkuhl
  • Monika Keller
  • Elmar Brähler
  • Kai von Klitzing

Abstract

Findings on gender differences in the psychological distress of cancer patients have been inconsistent. The objectives of the current study were to examine whether being a parent differentially modulates anxiety and depression in men and women and to compare whether psychological distress differs in male and female patients with and without children.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number4
ISSN1057-9249
Publication statusPublished - 2013
pubmed 22461208