Depression and quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital

• Main Authors: Das, Priscilla, Awang, Hamidin, Md. Zain, Azhar, Naing, Khin Ohnmar@Noor Jan, Md Said, Salmiah, Khalid, Bahariah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24544/1/Depression%20and%20Quality%20of%20Life%20among%20Patients%20with%20Hematological%20Cancer.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24544/7/Depression%20and%20quality%20of%20life%20among%20patients%20with%20hematological%20cancer%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20hospital.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24544/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2011V07N1_OP10.pdf

Objective: To determine the prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in hematological cancer patients and to investigate MDD with quality of life. Methods: The research, which uses a cross sectional design, has been carried out at Ampang Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. The hospital is a tertiary referr...