EVALUATION OF ANXIETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER
| Autor: | Marla Smille Pedrosa Cruz Ribeiro, Alice Nobre Dantas, Antoniel Campos Oliveira, Bruno Da Silva Lisboa, Suzane Pereira de Souza, Tércio Guimarães Reis, Márcio Campos Oliveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Larynx
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Medical record Head and neck cancer medicine.disease Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Pathology and Forensic Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Quality of life medicine Physical therapy Anxiety Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Dentistry (miscellaneous) Surgery In patient Oral Surgery medicine.symptom business Socioeconomic status |
| Zdroj: | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 130:e252 |
| ISSN: | 2212-4403 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.oooo.2020.04.662 |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life and anxiety in patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out from January 2017 to May 2018 in individuals with a diagnosis of head and neck cancer. The socioeconomic and clinical data were collected on a specific form from the medical record, and the quality of life evaluation was performed through the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QoL), version 4. The evaluation of anxiety was done through the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: In relation to topography, 43% of the cases were in the mouth, 24% in the larynx, and 16% in the oropharynx. Regarding the composite quality of life domain of UW-QoL, patients had an average of 863. Regarding anxiety, 26.6% of the patients were anxious, according to the cut-off point of the HADS. Comparing quality of life with anxiety, patients who presented with anxiety had a worse quality of life than those patients who presented without anxiety, being statistically significant (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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