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  title info:
    title: Effects of dark chocolate consumption on anxiety, depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among identified cancer patients in East Coast Peninsular Malaysia
  name:
    name part: Wong, Sok Yee
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    place:
      place term: 2012
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxii, 148 leaves; 30 cm.
  abstract: Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common among patients with cancer and have been shown to adversely affect their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Essentially, the reduction of anxiety and depressive symptoms is expected to improve HRQoL status. The benefits of dark chocolate in alleviating mood and stress are becoming important in healthcare studies. This three-part study was conducted to investigate the 1) applicability, practicability, comprehensiveness, reliability and validity of the measurement instruments; 2) effects of dark chocolate comsumption on anxiety and depressive symptoms among healthy volunteers and 3) effects of dark chocolate consumption on anxiety, depressive symptoms and HRQoL status among patients with cancer. The first part comprised of a cross-sectional study at Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ), Kuala Terengganu. The Malay versions of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MMQoL) were pilot tested among 80 patients with cancer. Results were supportive of favourable psychometric properties. The second part involved 20 healthy student nurses (cross-cover design) and another separate group of 47 similar respondents (parallel design) from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin. The intervention Group, IG (consumed 50g of dark chocolate) generated significantly more favourable outcomes compared to the Control Group, CG (consumed a local delicacy/mineral water) after three days. An additional validated Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) supported the findings shown by HADS. The final part employed a parallel, open-labelled study in 133 in-patients with cancer from public hospitals in Terengganu, Pahang and Kelantan. Both the validated Malay HADS and MMQoL were used. As before, dark chocolate (50g; 275 kcal) was administered to IG while CG respondents consumed mineral water for three consecutive days. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were again significantly reduced in IG at follow-up …
  note: Wong Sok Yee.
  note: Thesis (Ijazah Sarjana) - Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 2012
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-124)
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin --
    topic: Dissertations
  subject:
    topic: Cancer
  subject:
    topic: Dissertations, Academic
  subject:
    topic: Anxiety
  subject:
    topic: Cancer --
    topic: Prevention
  subject:
    topic: Neoplasms
  subject:
    topic: Physician-Patient Relations
  subject:
    topic: Chocolate
  subject:
    topic: Quality of Life
  subject:
    topic: Depression
  classification: R118
  classification: WB 447 W872e 2012
  record info:
    record creation date: 121231
    record change date: 20201223090000.0
    record identifier: 0000081902