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Relationship between the depression levels and nutritional statuses of advanced stage cancer patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Dilek Yildirim Open the ORCID record for Dilek Yildirim [Opens in a new window]
Dilek Yildirim*
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Department of Nursing, University Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Author for correspondence: Dilek Yildirim, Department of Nursing, University Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Aydin University, Florya Campus (Halit Aydın Campus), Inönü Street No: 38 Sefaköy - Kucukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mails: dilekyildirim@aydin.edu.tr; dilekaticiyildirim@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to determine the depression and nutritional statuses of advanced stage cancer patients and investigate the relationship between depression and malnutrition.

Method

The descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study was conducted with 245 patients with advanced cancer. The data were collected by using an Information Form, the Visual Analog Scale, the NRS-2002-Nutritional Risk Score, and the Beck Depression Inventory.

Results

The mean NRS-2002 score of the patients was 2.22, and when the cutoff value was accepted as 3, it was determined that 39.2% of the patients had malnutrition. The mean Beck Depression Inventory score of the patients was 35.06, and they were found to experience severe depression. There was a positive and significant relationship between the NRS-2002 scores and the Beck Depression Inventory scores (r = 0.409; p < 0.001).

Significance of results

These results showed that there was a strong relationship between the depression and malnutrition levels of advanced stage cancer patients. Deterioration in the nutritional status of the advanced stage cancer patients was associated with a significant worsening effect in terms of depression and pain.

Keywords

Advanced cancerDepressionMalnutritionNutrition
Type
Original Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , October 2022 , pp. 654 - 661
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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