A prospective follow-up of quality of life, depression, and anxiety in children with lymphoma and solid tumors

Sargin Yildirim N., Demirkaya M., SEVİNİR B. B., Guler S., VURAL A. P., DEMİRÖZ ABAKAY C., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.47, no.4, pp.1078-1088, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1510-9
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1078-1088
  • Keywords: Child, cancer, quality of life, depression, anxiety, LONG-TERM SURVIVORS, CHILDHOOD-CANCER SURVIVORS, ADULT SURVIVORS, HOME CHEMOTHERAPY, PEDIATRIC CANCER, PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS, SELF-ESTEEM, MALIGNANCIES, ADOLESCENT
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/aim: The aim of this study was the determination and prospective follow-up of quality of life, depression, and anxiety in pediatric patients with cancer under chemotherapy, as well as the evaluation of related factors.