Quality of life and distress in patients with ovarian cancer
Quality of life and distress in ovarian cancer patients. Objective: to analyze the impact of distress, anxiety and depression on quality of life in patients with ovarian carcinoma. Methods: 70 patients with ovarian cancer were included in study group. The Screening Tools for Measuring Distress was used for distress diagnosis, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale was used for depression and anxiety diagnosis, the EORTC QLQ-C30 was used for measuring the quality of life. Results: 57,1% of patients had significant distress, 41,37% of patients had anxiety, 27,58% - depression. Regression analysis was applied to assess the impact of stage, type of distress, anxiety, depression, received treatment, age, marital status, education on the quality of life. Only distress significantly decreased quality of life, p<0.0001. Conclusion: distress decreases quality of life in ovarian cancer patients.