Research Article
Depression and Breast Cancer in Morocco: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Table 1
Socioeconomic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of all participants.
| Characteristics | Participants | | % |
| Old (years) | 20-40 | 14 | 14 | 40-60 | 72 | 72 | >60 | 14 | 14 | Marital status | Single | 5 | 5 | Married | 82 | 82 | Divorced | 1 | 1 | Widow | 12 | 12 | Education level | Illiterate | 45 | 45 | Primary | 29 | 29 | Secondary | 19 | 19 | Superior | 7 | 7 | Professional status | Employed | 13 | 13 | Retired | 5 | 5 | Unemployed | 82 | 82 | Area of living | Urban | 93 | 93 | Rural | 7 | 7 | Socioeconomic level | Low | 39 | 39 | Medium | 57 | 57 | High | 4 | 4 | With or without children | With | 92 | 92 | Without | 8 | 8 | Personal history | Medical history | 25 | 25 | Surgical history | 41 | 41 | Psychiatric history | 15 | 15 | Family history | Breast cancer | 17 | 17 | Psychiatric history | 12 | 12 | Location of cancer | Unilateral | 94 | 94 | Bilateral | 6 | 6 | Stage of cancer dissemination | Local | 25 | 25 | Locoregional | 51 | 51 | Metastatic | 24 | 24 | Circumstances of discovery | Self-examination | 89 | 89 | Fortuitous discovery | 8 | 8 | Control of benign mastopathy | 1 | 1 | Screening campaign | 2 | 2 | Type of treatment received | Chemotherapy only | 18 | 18 | Surgery+chemotherapy | 28 | 28 | Surgery+radiotherapy | 11 | 11 | Surgery+chemotherapy+radiotherapy | 20 | 20 | Surgery+chemotherapy+hormonotherapy | 5 | 5 | Surgery+chemotherapy+radiotherapy+hormonotherapy | 18 | 18 | Care and psychological support | Yes | 2 | 2 | No | 98 | 98 | Depressive episode prevalence based on the MINI test | Yes | 26 | 26 | No | 74 | 74 | Depressive episode intensity based on the BDI () | Mild | 11 | 11 | Moderate | 13 | 13 | Severe | 2 | 2 |
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Qualitative variables were expressed as headcount ( ) and percentage (%). |