A STUDY TO ASSESS THE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) AMONG CANCER PATIENTS ADMITTED AT MMIMS & AMP;R HOSPITAL MULLANA, AMBALA HARYANA

Abstract

Background: Cancer has an important impact on society all over the world. The magnitude of cancer is increasing day by day. Many cancers can be prevented others can be detected early in their developmental stage and can be treated and cured timely. Aim and Objectives The present study aims to assess the level of depression, anxiety and quality of life among cancer patients. Objectives of the study were to assess and find out association of level of depression, anxiety and quality of life among cancer patients with selected sample characteristics. A non – experimental Methodology: research with descriptive survey research design was carried with 125 patients by purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by HDRS, HAM-A & WHO-QOL Bref Questionnaire through face to face interview technique. Result: The significant finding of the study was that majority of the patients (52%) had severe depression followed by moderate depression (38.4%) whereas in anxiety 65.6% patients were having severe anxiety and least number (11.2%) were having mild level of anxiety due to which the quality of life of patients were also affected as majority of patients (48.8%) were having poor to fair quality of life. Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Life was having positive correlation as computed r value (0.25) between depression and anxiety was significant (0.005) and computed r value was (-0.28) between depression and QOL that was statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance i.e. (0.001). The Conclusion: study inferred that overall patients were having poor quality of life and suffering from depression and anxiety due to cancer.