Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients

Taghizadeh, Ali; Pourali, Leila; Vaziri, Zahra; Saedi, Hamid Reza; Behdani, Fatemeh; Amel, Roya

doi:10.30476/mejc.2018.42116

Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors

Ali Taghizadeh ¹

Leila Pourali ²

Zahra Vaziri ¹

Hamid Reza Saedi ³

Fatemeh Behdani ⁴

Roya Amel ⁵

¹ Cancer Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

³ Department of Radiotherapy, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

⁵ Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30476/mejc.2018.42116

Abstract

Background: The psychological distress is a kind of mental stress that people experience due to various causes. This study was performed aimed to investigate the psychological distress in cancer patients.Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed during one year on the patients who referred to two academic hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences for treatment or follow-up. Psychological distress questionnaire was used to collect data. Results were analyzed using SPSS version 16. P