| Ana Roldan
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, USA |
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| Biography | ||
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Ana Roldan is serving at an esteemed academic position in Escuela de Medicina, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, USA and have received various awards for the working in related field and hence has published numerous research articles in reputed national and international journals. |
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Social Undermining and Intimate Partner Support Predict Depression in Cancer Patients Title: This paper describes a cross-sectional analysis of a population of cancer patients in Quito, Ecuador, using surveys to assess depression levels and correlate depression with social support and social undermining. Background: Rates of depression among cancer patients are higher than in the general population. In Latin America, social support and social undermining are important, though understudied, factors in a patient’s mental health status. We assessed depression levels in a population of patients at a cancer hospital in Quito, Ecuador, and examined the association between depression, social support and social undermining. We hypothesized that depression was inversely related to social support levels and directly correlated with levels of social undermining. |
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