Sherif T, Jehani T, Saadani M, Andejani A W
Psychiatry Section, King Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
East Mediterr Health J. 2001 May;7(3):502-9.
A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating for patients and their loved ones. We compared the intensity of anxiety and depression for 30 terminally ill cancer patients and 30 chronically ill patients and the quality of life of their most attendant caregivers. Hamilton depression and anxiety scales were used with the patients and the quality of life scale (family) was used with the caregivers. Cancer patients and their caregivers had significantly higher scores on these scales and suffered more from depression and anxiety than chronically ill patients and caregivers. Cancer patient caregivers also had poorer quality of life than did caregivers of the chronically ill.
癌症诊断对患者及其亲人来说可能是毁灭性的。我们比较了30名晚期癌症患者和30名慢性病患者的焦虑和抑郁程度，以及他们主要照料者的生活质量。对患者使用汉密尔顿抑郁和焦虑量表，对照料者使用生活质量量表（家庭版）。癌症患者及其照料者在这些量表上的得分显著更高，比慢性病患者及其照料者遭受更多的抑郁和焦虑。癌症患者的照料者的生活质量也比慢性病患者的照料者更差。
