Group cognitive-behavioral therapy on depressive-anxious symptoms and nasal temperature in women with breast cancer: A pilot study

Intervención cognitivo conductual para mujeres con depresión y cáncer de mama

  • Nadia Martínez Cuervo Facultad de Psicología, UNAM
  • Patricia Zamudio Silva, Dra ISSSTE
  • David Alberto Rodríguez Medina, Dr UAM-I https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-1023
  • José Roberto Luna Flores, Bs UAM-I
  • Ana María Landa Ramírez, Dra ISSSTE
  • Benjamín Domínguez Trejo Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/psic.70290
Keywords: Breast cancer, peripheral temperature, depression, cognitive behavioral therapy.
Agencies: DGAPA-PAPIIT: IT300519

Abstract

Objective. To assess the effect of a group cognitive-behavioral intervention on anxiety-depressive symptoms and autonomic affective functioning in women with breast cancer. Method. Pre-experimental study with a sample of 17 Mexican women with a moderate-severe depression level and a diagnosis of breast cancer. The assessment instruments were the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Anxiety Scale; in addition to an evaluation of autonomic affective functioning through intra-session recording of nasal peripheral temperature. Results. A reduction in symptoms of depression (Z=-3.182, p=0.001), anxiety (Z=-2.697, p=0.007) and an increase in temperature (Z=-2.669, p=008) were observed at the end of treatment that was maintained for six months (Z=-3,266, p=0.001). Conclusion. Group cognitive behavioral therapy was effective in reducing anxiety-depressive symptomatology and autonomic regulation in the group of women with breast cancer.

Author Biography

Benjamín Domínguez Trejo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México

División de investigación y Estudios de Posgrado, Facultad de Psicología

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Published
2020-09-07
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Cuervo, N. M., Silva, P. Z., Medina, D. A. R., Flores, J. R. L., Ramírez, A. M. L., & Domínguez Trejo, B. (2020). Group cognitive-behavioral therapy on depressive-anxious symptoms and nasal temperature in women with breast cancer: A pilot study: Intervención cognitivo conductual para mujeres con depresión y cáncer de mama. Psicooncología, 17(2), 255-271. https://doi.org/10.5209/psic.70290
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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2020)
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