Clinical Study
Screening for Depression, Sleep-Related Disturbances, and Anxiety in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: A Preliminary Study
Table 3
Prevalence of depressive symptoms, general anxiety, and sleep disorders in pancreatic cancer patients. MDS: major depressive symptoms.
| Depressive symptoms category | Number of patients | Percentage of patients |
| 0–5: no MDS | 9 | 41 | 6–9: mild MDS | 7 | 32 | 10–14: moderate MDS | 5 | 23 | 15–19: moderately severe MDS | 1 | 5 | 20–36: severe MDS | 0 | 0 | General anxiety symptoms category | | | Data not available | 1 | 5 | <40: subclinical anxiety | 12 | 55 | 40–60: moderate anxiety of possible clinical significance | 8 | 36 | >60: likely anxiety disorder | 1 | 5 | Prevalence of sleep disturbance | | | Data not available | 1 | 5 | 0–10: no sleep disturbance | 10 | 45 | 11–26: potential sleep problem | 9 | 41 | >26: sleep problem | 2 | 10 |
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