Depressive symptoms in newly diagnosed lung carcinoma: prevalence and associated risk factors

• Main Authors: Koya Kutty, Shahedah, How, Soon Hin, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Md Tahir, Mohd Faiz, Kuan, Y. C., Ong, Choo Khoon
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/79878/1/79878%20Depressive%20Symptoms%20in%20Newly%20Diagnosed.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79878/2/79878%20Depressive%20Symptoms%20in%20Newly%20Diagnosed%20%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79878/3/79878%20Depressive%20Symptoms%20in%20Newly%20Diagnosed%20WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79878/; https://e-trd.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/0003TRD/trd-82-217.pdf

Background: Depression is a recognized complication of lung cancer underreported in developing countries such as Malaysia. Treating and identifying depression in cancer patients increases survival and quality of life. Our objectives are to study prevalence of depressive symptoms in newly diagnosed...