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Date Published: 24/07/2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v502i1.607
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Vol. 502 No. 1 (2021)
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Tuyết Mai, Đỗ ., & Tiến Quang, N. . (2021). THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DEPRESSION WITH THE PHQ-9 IN GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER PATIENTS AT K HOSPITAL. Vietnam Medical Journal, 502(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v502i1.607

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DEPRESSION WITH THE PHQ-9 IN GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER PATIENTS AT K HOSPITAL

Đỗ Tuyết Mai, Nguyễn Tiến Quang

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Objective: To assess the characteristic of depression with PHQ-9 in patients with gastrointestinal cancers at K hospital. Subject: 124 patients were diagnosed gastrointestinal cancer and treated at K hospital from August 2020 to October 2020. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Result: The male/female ratio was 2.6. The average age was 57,9 ± 9,65. The majority of patients had educational level below 10th grade (57.3%) and was single/widowed (93.5%). Depression was most common in colorectal cancer (52.4%), followed by esophageal cancer (27.4%), and least in stomach cancer (20.2%), mostly in stage III-IV (64.5%). There was a statistically significant association between depression and esophageal cancer (p < 0.001; OR = 1.009, 95% CI = 0.359-2.838) and colorectal cancer (p < 0.05; OR = 0.901, 95% CI = 0.358-2,273). There was no statistically significant association between depression and cancer stage. According to the PHQ-9 scale, 45.2% of patients with gastrointestinal cancer had depression and 17.8% with moderate or severe depression needed intervention. Conclusion: Depression is common in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. There is a statistically significant association between depression and esophageal and colorectal cancers.

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Depression, gastrointestinal cancer, characteristics, PHQ-9

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