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ASCO 2017: Friends in need are friends indeed! Here’s to the Caregivers!
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ASCO 2017: Friends in need are friends indeed! Here’s to the Caregivers!

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      • June 24, 2017 at 6:58 pm
      UBContributor
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         A girl's gotta have fun! 

        • June 25, 2017 at 7:44 am
        Jahendry12
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          Thank you Celeste. You are a gem. 

          • June 28, 2017 at 3:02 am
          Spl25
          Participant

            I don't understand if this is a typo or Im reading it wrong: "In particular, high BDI predicted higher mortality (Wald = 11.6, p < .001); surprisingly, after controlling for BDI and other effects, high loneliness predicted lower mortality (Wald = 7, p = .008)."

            Isn't that a *LOWER*??

              • June 28, 2017 at 6:18 pm
              Bubbles
              Participant

                Yes, as I noted in my report.  When you control for depression (categorized as BDI in the study)…loneliness in and of itself came out with lower mortalitiy.  So…while I don't think it is that easy to tease out loneliness from depression….it was the conclusion here that while loneliness is miserable (and I suspect contributes ultimately to depression) depression was much more deadly.  Therefore, I really encourage cancer peeps and/or their caregivers who feel they are dealing with depression to talk to their friends, family and their docs in order to get the help they need!!!  celeste

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