Assessment of Depression among cancer patients in a Public Sector Cancer Hospital of Lahore

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作者：

Anjum, Sohail ^{[1
]}

Ashraf, Muhammad ^{[2
]}

Nadeem, Nighat ^{[3
]}

Sulehri, Ali Anwar ^{[4
]}

Sohail, Hafsa ^{[5
]}

Sohail, Maheen ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] Amna Inayat Med Coll, Dept Med Educ, Lahore, Pakistan

[2] Amna Inayat Med Coll Lahore, Community Med, Lahore, Pakistan

[3] Lahore Med & Dent Coll Lahore, Dept Med Educ & Res, Lahore, Pakistan

[4] Aziz Fatima Trust Teaching Hosp Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

[5] Faryal Dent Coll, Lahore, Pakistan

[6] KIPS Coll Girls Johar Town Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

来源：

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES | 2020年 / 14卷 / 03期

关键词：

Assessment; depression; cancer; patients; public; ANXIETY; PREVALENCE; DIAGNOSIS;

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R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Background: A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess depression in sixty patients of different types and stages of cancers. Aim: To assess the effect of education, economic status and the duration of cancer causing depression Methods: A cross-sectional study using questionnaire was carried in June 2018 at Inmol Hospital Lahore. Results: The cross tabulation between various factors and the cancer patients with anxiety and depression yielded the following factors as significant with associated value <0.5: Family history of cancer, education of patient, awareness about anxiety and depression and severity of pain. Out of 60, 33(55%) did not have unpleasant thoughts while 3(5%) had such thoughts. Conclusion: The study showed that the patients suffer from depression worsening their prognosis. Counseling and screening can improve their health.

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页码：543 / 545

页数：3

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