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Half of the patients with subepithelial tumours present borderline or pathologic anxiety-distress and carcinophobia: multicentre cohort study

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Background and aims: minor nonspecific gastrointestinal sub-epithelial lesions (usually defined by the term 'tumor') are usually associated with a malignant illness and cancer. The aim of this study was to assess anxiety-distress and carcinophobia in patients referred to specialized monographic outpatient clinics for evaluation and treatment of this type of lesion.Methods: prospective, multicenter, cohort study. Specific self-reported questionnaires were used to report threat-ening life-experiences and to assess levels of distress (The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and cancer-related worries (The Cancer Worry Scale).Results: forty participants were included and analyzed at baseline. Pathologic and borderline anxiety were detected in 13 % (5/40, 95 % CI: 4-27 %) and 35 % (14/40, 95 % CI: 21-52 %) of participants, respectively, whereas, cancer-relat-ed worries (moderate to very high) were observed in 48 % (19/40, 95 % CI: 32-64 %) of participants. Pathologic global distress was identified in 25 % (10/40, 95 % CI: 13-42 %) of subjects. Higher educational level (university studies), a lack of lifetime psychiatric comorbidity and a lack of family history of cancer were associated with less anxiety, global distress and carcinophobia.Conclusions: almost half of the patients diagnosed with a minor nonspecific gastrointestinal subepithelial lesion pre-sented anxiety-distress and/or carcinophobia. Specific associ-ations with anxiety-distress reaction and fears were detected.

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BAS CUTRINA, Francesc, CASELLAS GRAU, Anna, VIDELA, Sebastià, LORAS, Carme, ANDÚJAR, Xavi, GIL, Francisco luis, GALÁN, Maica, FERNÁNDEZ ARANDA, Fernando, CARMEZIM, João, GORNALS, Joan b.. Half of the patients with subepithelial tumours present borderline or pathologic anxiety-distress and carcinophobia: multicentre cohort study. _Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas_. 2023. Vol. 115, núm. 2, pàgs. 80-84. [consulta: 14 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1130-0108. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/200878]

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