@article{ref1,
title="Frequency of depression and its correlation with quality of life of patients with oral cavity cancer",
journal="Materia socio-medica",
year="2017",
author="Dzebo, Senada and Mahmutovic, Jasmina and Erkocevic, Hasiba and Foco, Faris",
volume="29",
number="2",
pages="97-100",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: the effects of malignant tumors of oral cavity may be reflected through mental, physical, social and emotional well-being and quality of life of patients. Those suffering from malignancies show a large degree of psychological problems (fear, anxiety, depression, panic disorders, phobias) both at the time of diagnosis and during the treatment. <br><br>AIM: to determine a level of depression in patients with oral cavity cancer and to link quality of life and level of depression of patients with oral cavity cancer. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was conducted at the Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Clinical Center University of Sarajevo (CCUS) in the period from July to late October 2015, through a survey of patients with verified oral cavity cancer, questionnaire related to socio-demographic characteristics of the patients, the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). <br><br>RESULTS: Majority of patients from our study, specifically 50 (56%) of them, did not suffer from depression, 8 (9%) respondents suffered from mild depression, 14 (16%) respondents had moderate depression, whereas 17 (19%) of them had severe depression. <br><br>CONCLUSION: quality of life and level of depression of patients with oral cavity cancer are in negative and almost linear correlation. The worse the evaluation results of one's physical or socio-emotional health, the higher degree of depression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1512-7680",
doi="10.5455/msm.2017.29.97-100",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2017.29.97-100"
}