Investigating the Relationship Between Anxiety and Depression With Disease-related Lifestyle in Elderly Patients With Prostate Cancer

Objectives Acknowledging the psychological factors of lifestyle related to prostate cancer in older people, such as anxiety and depression, can help promote the provision of evidence-based nursing care.The present study determined the relationship between anxiety and depression with disease-related lifestyle in older people with prostate cancer.Methods & Materials This descriptive study was conducted during 2021 and 2022.A total of 250 older patients referred to oncology and urology hospital clinics and physician offices in the western region of Mazandaran Province (Noor, Nowshahr, Chalus, Tonekabon, and Ramsar cities), Iran, participated in the study.They were sampled using the convenience method.Data collection tools included anxiety and depression self-assessment scales and lifestyle-related prostate cancer questionnaires.The statistical tests of analysis of variance, independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression were used to analyze data in SPSS software, version 18 software.A significance level of <0.05 was considered significant.Results The MeanSD age of participants was 69.333.69years.The results showed a significant relationship between anxiety and depression with disease-related lifestyle (P<0.001).Thus, an increase in anxiety and depression deteriorated disease-related lifestyle in older patients with prostate cancer.Furthermore, disease-related lifestyle was significantly related to economic status and education level (P<0.001) and worsened with poor economic status and illiteracy.Conclusion According to the findings, higher anxiety and depression levels deteriorate lifestyle related to prostate cancer in the affected older people.Therefore, interventions to reduce anxiety and depression are recommended to improve the lifestyle of older people with prostate cancer.