Publications by authors named "Wengao Li"
Introduction: Many breast cancer patients suffer from fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). However, effective physical intervention for FCR has been scarce. Previous studies have confirmed that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can help improve patients' anxiety, depression, fear, and stress level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Perinatal depression has attracted increasing attention. However, a detailed investigation of the network structure of depression is still lacking. We aim to examine the similarities and differences between the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) from a network perspective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is one of the most common and aversive psychological phenomena among cancer patients. This study explored the trajectories of FCR over the 18 months following discharge, and evaluated the associations between baseline demographic and clinical variables and FCR trajectories among Chinese women treated for breast cancer.
Methods: This is a longitudinal prospective study.
Background: The aim of the current study is to investigate the change in anxiety and depression amongst Chinese breast cancer patients and to identify causal associations between baseline variables and the trajectory of anxiety and depression within this identified group.
Methods: This is a longitudinal prospective study. Three hundred women with breast cancer were recruited.
Objective: Anxiety, depression, and pain are highly interactive with each other in adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients. This study aims to map out the connectivity between anxiety, depression and pain symptoms amongst Chinese AYA cancer patients from the perspective of a network model.
Methods: Two hundred and eighteen AYA patients, aged between 15 and 39 years at diagnosis; completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and McGill Pain Questionnaire-Visual Analogue Scale (MPQ-VAS).
Background: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR), anxiety, and depression are common psychological disturbances that frequently occur together among cancer patients. This study investigated network connectivity between FCR, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in a large representative sample of breast cancer patients.
Methods: This was a multicenter, cross-sectional study of 803 women with breast cancer.
Background: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a significant issue for most cancer patients. Until now, a detailed investigation of the structure of FCR and the interaction among its constituent elements is lacking. This study aims to investigate the phenomenon of FCR by means of network analysis in Chinese cancer patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaternal and Paternal Depression During Pregnancy in China: Prevalence, Correlates, and Network Analysis.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat
July 2021
Article Synopsis
- Both maternal and paternal depression is prevalent during pregnancy, with 7.8% of mothers and 3% of partners experiencing significant depressive symptoms as measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
- Factors like physical health issues are significantly linked to maternal depression, while the symptom networks for mothers and fathers show distinct differences in structure and central symptoms.
- The study highlights the importance of addressing both mothers' and fathers' mental health during the transition to parenthood to mitigate potentially adverse outcomes.
Background: This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with counselling and psychotherapy service use among Chinese sexual minority populations.
Methods: A nationwide cross-sectional study was performed using snowball sampling method, which led to the inclusion of 18,193 participants. Participants' sociodemographic background, clinical, and psychological data were gathered.
Background: Since the middle of March, the COVID-19 outbreak has been well contained in China. The prevention and control measures for the outbreak have been downgraded to a normalized level. However, until now, the change in level of psychological health amongst perinatal women during the remission phase of the COVID-19 outbreak has not been investigated in China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is common among cancer patients and of high clinical relevance. This study explores the prevalence and correlates of FCR in Chinese newly diagnosed cancer population.
Methods: This is a multicentre, cross-sectional study that includes 996 patients with mixed cancer diagnosis.
Background: Pain is one of the most burdensome and prevalent symptoms cancer patient report and it has severe negative impact on patient's quality of life. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of pain and to test the association between demographic, clinical, psychological factors, and self-assessed pain in Chinese cancer population.
Methods: A total of 553 cancer patients were recruited in this cross-sectional study.