Depression in choroidal melanoma patients treated with proton beam radiotherapy

Autor: Moschos, M.M. Moustafa, G.A. Lavaris, A. Damaskos, C. Laios, K. Karathanou, E. Ladas, D.S. Asproudis, I. Garmpis, N. Kalogeropoulos, C.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Popis: Aim: To determine depression in patients with choroidal melanoma (CM) treated with proton beam radiotherapy. Patients and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including 50 patients with CM (50% males, mean age=49.88±6.34 years) and 46 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (52% males, mean age=48.60±8.05 years). Participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) questionnaires. Results: There was a considerable difference in visual acuity as logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) between the patient and control groups (1.16±0.97 and 0.04±0.05 logMAR, respectively, p
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