Correlação entre depressão, qualidade de vida e dor em pacientes com câncer

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Nosralla, Marisa [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Depressão; Dor; Qualidade de vida; Câncer; Neoplasias; Depression; Pain; Quality of life; Cancer; Neoplasms
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9272

Background and Objectives: Cancer pain promotes mood changes and influences the patient’s quality of life. There might be similarities in some emotional manifestations of the disease and the side effects of the treatments, making the adequate evaluation very important. The objective of this study was to assess the correlation between depression, quality of life, and pain in cancer patients. Method: A prospective, open, non comparative study, was done in 50 patients, ≥ 18 with cancer and pain. Data on sociodemographic, history, personal antecedents, and information about the tumor were collected. There was also assessed about the pain intensity on a numerical scale (0 – 10), depression (Beck Depression Inventory) and quality of life (FACIT–SP–12). The results were submitted to statistical analyses and Spearman’s was used to assess the correlation between the measurements. Results: The average age was 54.6 ± 16.8, being 40% male and 60% female. The family relationship was considered good by 98% and bad by 2%; social relationship was considered good by 88% and bad by 12%. The residence care was done by the family (84%), social net (12%), and 6% did not have any. The intensity was mild (1-4) in 16%, moderate (5 e 6) in 20% and strong (7-10) in 64%. In 26% was found depression following the cutoff grade of ≥21. Quality of life was considered excellent by 8%, good by 14%, bad by 22% and very bad by 6% of the patients. The intensity of the pain was directly related to the degree of depression and contrarily to the quality of life. Conclusion: As the results of the study one can conclude that cancer pain is associated to depression and worsening in the quality of life.