Citation

Dzebo S, Mahmutovic J, Erkocevic H, Foco F. Mater. Sociomed. 2017; 29(2): 97-100.

Affiliation

University of Travnik, Faculty of Fharmacy, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, The author(s) or Association for Social Medicine- Public Health of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Publisher Avicena)

DOI

10.5455/msm.2017.29.97-100

PMID

28883770

PMCID

PMC5544465

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Language: en

Keywords

depression; oral cavity cancer; quality of life