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

Qualitative variables were expressed as headcount () and percentage (%).