Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND LIFE STYLE

Haritha Kodali, Sai Sujatha. D, Kalyan Sahan Anne

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Aim: To Study the prevalence of PTSD in chronic illness and life style in cancer patients undergoing treatment. Introduction: A traumatic event involves actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. A person can be exposed to a traumatic event in the following ways: • Directly experiencing a trauma(s) • Witnessing a trauma(s) in person • Learning that the traumatic event occurred to a close family member or close friend. In cases of actual or threatened death to a family member or friend, the event must have been violent or accidental. • Repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of someone else‘s trauma(s) (for example, law enforcement officials who are repeatedly exposed to details of child sexual abuse) Stressful events of daily life will not consider in PTSD. The DSM–5 PTSD Diagnostic Criteria lesson provides information on PTSD diagnostic criteria and reviews key changes to the definition of PTSD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM–5). Materials and methods: The study group included man and women patients age group 18 yrs. and above patient population included are already diagnosed and who were receiving treatment with Radiotherapy after completing chemo and surgery. D.S.M scale 4 physicians’ administrated PTSD scales were used to assess. Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria included the patient age greater than 18 years who have given consent form for the study follow up through phone calls or direct interview as per the study designed. Exclusion criteria: Patients who are less than 18 years, previous mental illness, patient who are not willing to give consent forms, not willing to follow–up and past history of PTSD were not included in this study.

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CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND LIFE STYLE, Haritha Kodali, Sai Sujatha.D, Kalyan Sahan Anne INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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