Research Article
The Emotional Status, Attitudes in Decision-Making Process, and Their Impact on Surgical Choices in Korean Breast Cancer Patients
Table 3
Association between emotional status and surgical choice.
| ā | Depression | value | Anxiety | value | Normal | Borderline | Abnormal | Normal | Borderline | Abnormal |
| Breast conservation | 13 (61.9) | 9 (64.3) | 39 (78.0) | 0.394 | 35 (70.0) | 17 (77.3) | 9 (69.2) | 0.53 | Mastectomy | 5 (23.8) | 4 (28.6) | 9 (18.0) | 11 (22.0) | 5 (22.7) | 2 (15.4) | No decision | 3 (14.3) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (4.0) | 4 (8.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (15.4) |
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Values are presented as number of patients (%).
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