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Breast Cancer and Mental health: Incidence and Influencing Factors—A Claims Data Analysis from Germany

Version 1 : Received: 4 October 2024 / Approved: 7 October 2024 / Online: 7 October 2024 (12:00:41 CEST)

How to cite: von Au, A.; Dannehl, D.; Dijkstra, T. M. H.; Gutsfeld, R.; Scholz, A. S.; Hassdenteufel, K.; Hahn, M.; Hawighorst-Knapstein, S.; Isaksson, A.; Chaudhuri, A.; Bauer, A.; Wallwiener, M.; Wallwiener, D.; Brucker, S. Y.; Hartkopf, A. D.; Wallwiener, S. Breast Cancer and Mental health: Incidence and Influencing Factors—A Claims Data Analysis from Germany. Preprints 2024, 2024100454. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0454.v1 von Au, A.; Dannehl, D.; Dijkstra, T. M. H.; Gutsfeld, R.; Scholz, A. S.; Hassdenteufel, K.; Hahn, M.; Hawighorst-Knapstein, S.; Isaksson, A.; Chaudhuri, A.; Bauer, A.; Wallwiener, M.; Wallwiener, D.; Brucker, S. Y.; Hartkopf, A. D.; Wallwiener, S. Breast Cancer and Mental health: Incidence and Influencing Factors—A Claims Data Analysis from Germany. Preprints 2024, 2024100454. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0454.v1

Abstract

Background/Objectives: With breast cancer (BC) survival improving due to optimized therapy, enhancing quality of life has become increasingly important. Both diagnosis and treatment, with their potential side effects, pose risks to mental well-being. Our study aimed to analyze the inci-dence and potential risk factors for mental disorders in BC patients. Methods: This retrospective analysis used claims data from AOK Baden-Wuerttemberg, including 11,553 BC patients diagnosed via ICD code C50 between 2010 and 2020 and 31,944 age-matched controls. Patients with mental disorders in the 12 months prior to diagnosis were excluded. Mental disorders were cat-egorized into eight groups based on ICD codes: anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, adjust-ment disorder, dissociative disorder, hypochondriac disorder, affective disorder, mania, and other neuroses. Results: Mental disorders were significantly more common in BC patients than in controls (64.2% vs. 38.1%, p

Keywords

breast cancer; mental illness; depression; anxiety; risk factors; endocrine treatment; mastectomy

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Oncology and Oncogenics

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