Journal of Psychiatry

Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Liaquat National Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Publications

• Research Article   
  Risk of Depression in Oral Cancer Patients as Per Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
  Author(s): Iqra Zakir*, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Ahmad Nawaz Ahmad, Saeed Akhtar and Shakil Aqil
  
  Background: Oral cancer patients are at risk of depression during treatment yet there are very few tools to highlight patients at risk. We aimed to use a validated scale to identify risk factors associated with post-operative depression in oral cancer patients. Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study from July 2019 to January 2020. Oral cancer patients filled out Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire postoperatively. Factors associated with risk of depression were analysed. Results: 117 patients participated in the study, 84.7% of them being males. Tongue cancers were the most common (29.9%) followed by buccal cancers in 24.8% of the patients. Females had a significantly higher mean depression score of 14.00 ± 3.71compared to males score of 10.64 ± 4.87. Females and p.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2378-5756.21.24.477

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