How can anxiety be better managed? Depression, anxiety, and coping mechanisms among cancer patients

• Main Author: Mohamed Saleh Baqutayan, Shadiya
• Format: Article
• Published: Verduci International 2019
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96976/; http://dx.doi.org/10.32113/wcrj_20197_1350
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Objective: In Malaysia, cancer is the fourth leading cause of death, which contributes to 12.6 percent of all deaths in government hospitals and 26.7 percent in private hospitals in 2016. There has been an increasing trend of 11.3 percent in 2007 up to 12.6 percent in 2016 in cancer cases, which tri...