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Global, regional, and national prevalence of depression among cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Depression among women with cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of available evidence.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Mind-Body Therapies for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis.Current oncology reports · 2026Pooled it
- Global prevalence and determinant factors of pain, depression, and anxiety among cancer patients: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Depression, anxiety and associated factors among cancer patients in Africa; a systematic review and meta-analysis study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Anxiety and depression among cancer patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and coexisting depression, anxiety and/or stress in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Pooled it
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- Determinants of quality of life among lung cancer patients: insights from a cross-sectional study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Prehabilitation in Adult Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review.Cancers · 2026Review
- Association of peripheral inflammatory cell counts with depression among cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study based on the NHANES dataset.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Recognizing anxiety and depression in cancer patients based on speech and facial expressions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prevalence of depression and association with quality-of-life among oncology patients at Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana: A cross-sectional study.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2026Article
- Factors associated with depression among women living with HIV and cervical cancer in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions for mental health in cancer patients and survivors.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Investigating the mental health burden amongst breast and cervical cancer patients in Rwanda using a modified self-reported questionnaire for mental health screening (SRQ-20): A validation study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Network analysis of quality of life among young and middle-aged Korean cancer survivors.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
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Abstract
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to provide a summary of the existing evidence on the prevalence of depression among cancer patients worldwide to assist health policymakers in adopting appropriate measures to prevent and control depression in these patients. EMBASE, Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were searched for original studies published in English from January 2000 to July 2019. The studies were screened on the basis of quality and relevance criteria. The statistical analyses were conducted in the R software. Out of 182,521 cancer patients examined in 183 studies, 49,280 (~27%) had depression (95% confidence interval [CI] = 24%-30%). The highest prevalence of depression was among patients with colorectal cancer with 32% (95% CI = 20%-47%). Among countries, Pakistan with 43% (95% CI = 26%-64%), and among continents, Africa with 36% (95% CI = 29%-43%) had the highest prevalence of reported depression in cancer patients. Adjusting for sample size, the prevalence of depression among female cancer patients, 31% (95% CI = 26%-36%), was higher than men, 26% (95% CI = 21%-31%). The prevalence of depression among cancer patients is increasing by an average of 0.6% per year. The findings show higher prevalence of depression among cancer patients in underdeveloped and developing countries compared to the developed nations and the global average.
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