Abstract

Objective: To assess the symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy.

Material and Methods: The present study was conducted in Psychiatry department, Government Medical College, Amritsar. A sample size of 34 patients was taken who were diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer and were undergoing radiotherapy at Department of Radiotherapy, Government Medical College, Amritsar. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used for the assessment of symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Results: Out of 34 participants in the study 3 were having anxiety symptoms and 16 were having depression symptoms. Females were having more anxiety as compared to males. During the course of radiotherapy the symptoms of depression increased.

Conclusion: The findings suggest that rate of depression increased as the duration of cancer increases. 47% of patients have depression and 8.8% of patients have anxiety.

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Puneet Kamal, Abhishek Arora, M. S. P. D. G. R. A. S. N. S. (2018). A Study of Psychiatric Comorbidity (Anxiety and Depression) in Patients of Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, 3(03), 1820 to 1824. https://doi.org/10.23958/ijirms/vol03-i03/08

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Copyright © 2018 Manjit Singh, Parshotam Dass Garg, Rajiv Arora, Sukrantvir, Nittu Sidhu, Puneet Kamal, Abhishek Arora this is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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