Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan.
Support Care Cancer. 2009 Nov;17(11):1403-7. doi: 10.1007/s00520-009-0600-z. Epub 2009 Feb 26.
The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of depression among cancer patients in Jordan and to study the relation between several socio-demographic, disease- and treatment-related factors, and the occurrence of depression among those cancer patients.
A cross-sectional survey study was conducted at a major university hospital in Jordan. Cancer patients were interviewed for socio-demographic information and medical records were checked for information about disease and treatment of patient. Patients' psychological status was assessed using The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
The prevalence of depression in our sample was 51.9%. Significant correlation was detected between depression and appetite among cancer patients. Knowledge of having cancer and stage of the disease were also significantly associated with occurrence of depression.
In an effort to reduce the occurrence of depression among cancer patients, special attention is needed for changes in the psychological status in patients with knowledge about their diagnosis and patients in advanced disease stage.
本研究旨在调查约旦癌症患者的抑郁患病率，并研究几种社会人口学、疾病和治疗相关因素与癌症患者抑郁发生之间的关系。
在约旦的一家主要大学医院进行了横断面调查研究。对癌症患者进行了社会人口学信息的访谈，并查阅了患者疾病和治疗信息的病历。使用医院焦虑和抑郁量表（HADS）评估患者的心理状况。
我们样本中的抑郁患病率为 51.9%。在癌症患者中，抑郁与食欲之间存在显著相关性。患者对癌症的了解程度和疾病分期也与抑郁的发生显著相关。
为了降低癌症患者的抑郁发生率，需要特别注意那些对诊断有了解和处于疾病晚期的患者的心理状态变化。
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