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ArticleMedicine and pharmacy reports2020

Depression, anxiety and stress among patients with hematological malignancies and the association with quality of life: a cross-sectional study.

Ioanna V Papathanasiou, Konstantinos Kelepouris, Chrisoula Valari, Dimitrios Papagiannis, Foteini Tzavella, Lambrini Kourkouta, Konstantinos Tsaras, Evangelos C Fradelos

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Article in Medicine and pharmacy reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ioanna V PapathanasiouGeneral Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Konstantinos KelepourisEmergency Department, General Hospital of Karditsa, Karditsa, Greece.
Chrisoula ValariHealth Center of Sofades-Karditsa, Karditsa, Greece.
Dimitrios PapagiannisGeneral Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Foteini TzavellaDepartment of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece.
Lambrini KourkoutaNursing Department, International University of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos TsarasGeneral Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Evangelos C FradelosDepartment of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece.
University of Thessaly · GRDevelopment Agency of Karditsa · GRUniversity of Peloponnese · GRInternational Hellenic University · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate psychological distress and quality of life of patients with hematological malignancies, as well as to identify the prognostic factors that aggravate their condition.

methodsA cross-sectional, descriptive study including 87 patients with Hematological Malignancies was conducted. Data were collected with an anonymous questionnaire consisted by A) a sheet with socio-demographic characteristics, B) the Depression, Stress and Stress Scale (DASS21), and C) World Health Organization Life Quality Scale (WHOQOL - BREF30). The processing and statistical analysis of the empirical material of the research were done using the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) 22.0.

resultsThe results showed that the age of the sample averaged 71.22 years (SD = 8.71). Regarding their marital status, single mothers were 9.2%, married 62.1%. With regard to disease-related features, 28.7% of patients had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, 27.6% Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, 27.6% MDL and 16.1% of patients had myelodysplastic syndrome Multiple myeloma. In the investigation of the relationship between the Mental health Scale and the Quality of Life, negative correlations of Depression, Stress, Stress and the total DAS Scale with all dimensions of Patient Quality of Life were found.

conclusionsHigher levels of psychological distress and poor mental health are associated with a low level of quality of life.

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hematologic malignanciespatientspsychological distressquality of life

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PMID32133448
PMCPMC7051817
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