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April 15-16, 2019 | Frankfurt, Germany
Oncology Nursing and Cancer Care
16
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International Conference on
Journal of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics | Volume 4
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A prospective study to assess the frequency of depression in patients undergoing
chemotherapy
Neha Karle
Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, India
T
he diagnosis of cancer is a stressful event causing
significant psychological distress. The aim of the
study was to assess the frequency of depression
in adult patients undergoing chemotherapy. A
prospective studywas done on 42 patients diagnosed
with carcinomas in Lilavati Hospital and Research
Centre, Mumbai. The subjects were selected by
using non-probability purposive sampling technique.
The standard tool ‘HAM-D questionnaires’ were
used to collect data. Statistical analysis was done
by using ANOVA test of significance. The study
represented that depression is dependent of age
and it has no significant association with gender,
chemotherapy cycle, education, marital status.
The recommendations are a similar study can be
done in larger scale to strengthen the findings and
counselling can be given to reduce the depression
among patients diagnosed with carcinomas.
Speaker Biography
Neha Karle has completed Msc Nursing in Community Health Nursing
from P.D.Hinduja College of Nursing & Research center, Mumbai. She
is the Chief Nursing Services in Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre,
Mumbai. She has Presented Research abstract in Critical care Nursing
association Journal Of India, Presented free paper on “Side effects
caused by chemotherapy drugs & its management” in 1
st
International
& 6
th
National Oncology Nursing Conference and “Role of a Nurse in
Cancer Cervix” in 5
th
National Oncology Nursing Conference. She has
presented research paper on “Assessing the stress level of patient
undergoing chemotherapy” in ONAI conference.
e:
nkarle@lilavatihospital.com