Depression, Mood State, Fatigue, and Quality of life in Cancer Patients
Eun-Ja Yeun1, Hee-Jeong Kim2
1Eun-Ja Yeun, Professor, Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, Daehak-Ro Seonghwan-Eup Seobuk-Gu, Cheonan-Si Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.
2Hee-Jeong Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, Daehak-Ro Seonghwan-Eup Seobuk-Gu, Cheonan-Si Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.
Manuscript received on 01 January 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 06 January 2019 | Manuscript Published on 07 April 2019 | PP: 51-55 | Volume-8 Issue- 3C January 2019 | Retrieval Number: C10210183C19/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of depression, mood state, and fatigue and quality of life in cancer patients. Methods/Statistical analysis: Data collection of this study was conducted from September 2017 to January 2018, data were collected from 140 cancer patients at three higher-grade general hospitals in Seoul. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS ver. 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Findings: The subjects were 93 males (66.4%) and 47 females (33.6%) and the mean age was 55.26 (±11.32). The mean and standard deviation of each variable are as follows. Depression was 3.1 (±1.05), mood state was 1.49 (±.42), fatigue was 2.34 (±.80) and quality of life was 3.32 (± .53). Depression (r = -.601, p <.01), mood state (4.83, P < .01) and fatigue (-453, p <.01) were significantly correlated with quality of life. The results of multiple regression analysis to examine the effects of quality of life are on cancer patient’s depression, mood state, and fatigue. The lower the depression (B= -.260, p<.001), the more increase mood state (B= .458, p= 003), the less Fatigue (B=–.359, p= 006), it was found that quality of life increased. Improvements/Applications: This study has significant implications for providing basic data on depression, mood, and fatigue to improve the quality of cancer patients, and requires more active nursing intervention based on data.
Keywords: Cancer, Mood State, Depression, Quality of Life, Fatigue.
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