Publications by authors named "Jens Wehinger"
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- About one third of adults with high-grade glioma experience common mental disorders, similar to general cancer patients, with a rate of 31% identified in the study.
- Factors increasing the risk of psychiatric issues in these patients include being younger than 50, living alone, having stable disease, lower income, fatigue, and impaired cognitive function.
- There were no significant differences in psychiatric comorbidity based on gender, tumor type, or time since diagnosis, emphasizing the need for clinicians to monitor mental health closely in vulnerable patients.
Background: Patients with high-grade gliomas (HGG) often suffer from high distress and require psychosocial support. However, due to neurological and neurocognitive deficits, adequate assessment of distress and support needs remains challenging in clinical practice. The objective of the present study is to investigate whether a systematic implementation of signaling questions into the routine outpatient consultation will be helpful to bridge this gap.
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