Depression, mood state, fatigue, and quality of life in cancer patients

Abstract

Background/Objectives: 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