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Publication date: 2 June 2021

Soumi Roy Chowdhury, Alok K. Bohara and Jeffrey Drope

The purpose of the study is to assess the differential impact of gender and cancer sites on mental burden across different types of cancer and control patients.

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The purpose of the study is to assess the differential impact of gender and cancer sites on mental burden across different types of cancer and control patients.

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The paper is based on a primary survey undertaken in 2015–2016 of 600 cancer and 200 control patients across five hospitals of Nepal. The data was analyzed using propensity score matching methods and treatment effect weighting estimators.

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The authors find that of all the types of patients covered under this study, cervical cancer patients suffered from a greater intensity of anxiety and lack of functional wellbeing. On an average, all other female, male cancer patients, and control patients experience significantly lower intensity of mental burden in the range of 1.83, 2.63 and 3.31, respectively when compared to patients of cervical cancer. The results are robust across all the four treatment effect estimators and through all the measures of mental burden. The implications of suffering from cervical cancer, as a unique gynecological cancer was studied in-depth. An effect size analysis pointed out to the dysfunctional familial relationship as additional causes of concern for cervical cancer patients.

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An important finding that emerged is that female cancer patients especially those who have cervical cancer should be given special attention because they appear to be the most vulnerable group. Further work is needed to delineate the reasons behind a cervical cancer patient facing higher amount of stress.

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Journal of Health Research, vol. 36 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0857-4421

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Publication date: 8 September 2022

Stephen Turner

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Mad Hazard
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ISBN: 978-1-80382-670-7

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Publication date: 1 January 2005

Naresh K. Malhotra

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Review of Marketing Research
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ISBN: 978-0-85724-723-0

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Publication date: 19 September 2022

Christian Fuchs

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Digital Humanism
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ISBN: 978-1-80382-419-2

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Publication date: 17 July 2006

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Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
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ISBN: 978-0-76231-349-5

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Publication date: 16 September 2017

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms
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ISBN: 978-1-78743-080-8

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Publication date: 10 December 2002

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Community-Based Interventions for Criminal Offenders with Severe Mental Illness
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ISBN: 978-1-84950-183-5

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Publication date: 6 February 2009

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol. 29 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3577

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Publication date: 8 August 2017

Peter Kivisto

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The Trump Phenomenon
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ISBN: 978-1-78714-368-5

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Quality Assurance in Education, vol. 23 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0968-4883

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