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P2.11 - Poster Session/ Palliative and Supportive Care (ID 230)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Poster
- Track: Palliative and Supportive Care
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 9/08/2015, 09:30 - 17:00, Exhibit Hall (Hall B+C)
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P2.11-009 - Depression and Disability in Lung Cancer Patients in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital (ID 167)
09:30 - 09:30 | Author(s): V. Lasebikan
- Abstract
Background:
Introduction: Research evidences show that depression and disability are important comorbid conditions in patients with Malignancies. However, little is known regarding the relationship between depression, disability and lung cancer in Nigeria. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of depression and disability in patients with lung cancer in a teaching hospital.
Methods:
Eighty patients diagnosed with lung cancer aged 35 to 80 years, were matched by age and gender with 80 patients without lung cancer from the Out-Patient Department of the study centre. Depression was assessed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatry Interview (MINI) while the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0), was used to assess disability. All analyses were carried out using SPSS version 16.0.
Results:
Fifty one percent of patients with lung cancer had depression compared to 6.4% in the matched control. Among patients with lung cancer, disability was significantly associated with depression after controlling for smoking OR = 9.1, 95% CI (2.5-28.5), and stage of lung cancer OR = 2.1, 95% CI (1-13-9.42).
Conclusion:
There is a critical need to screen and manage depression in lung cancer patients in other to reduce disability and improve quality of life.
