Context: A cross-sectional comparative study was designed to compare psychological
distress in cancer patients with and without minor children. Materials and methods: This
study was done to compare anxiety and depression status among the cancer patients
attending at National Institute of Cancer Research Hospital, Oncology department in Dhaka
Medical College Hospital and in Uttara Adhunik Medical College Hospital. The study was
conducted from September, 2012 to June, 2013. Respondents had been divided into two …

Background Findings on gender differences in the psychological distress of cancer patients
have been inconsistent. The objectives of the current study were to examine whether being
a parent differentially modulates anxiety and depression in men and women and to compare
whether psychological distress differs in male and female patients with and without children.
Methods There were 235 patients (77% female, 23% male) with different cancer types
included in the group with underage children (age< 18 years). The comparison group with …