Assessing anxiety and depression with respect to the quality of life in cancer inpatients receiving palliative care.

Purpose: The study aimed at assessing the presence of anxiety and depression in cancer inpatients receiving palliative care at an oncology department using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and determining whether anxiety and depression contribute to a lower quality of life controlled for pain and illness severity.

Method: This cross-sectional study comprised 225 advanced cancer inpatients (a mean age of 65.1 years).

Association between unmet needs and quality of life in hospitalised cancer patients no longer receiving anti-cancer treatment.

Assessing the quality of life and unmet needs of cancer patients is an integral part of palliative care. This cross-sectional study sought to determine whether there is an association between quality of life and unmet needs, anxiety and depression in cancer patients who are no longer receiving anti-cancer treatment. The sample consisted of 93 patients from the oncology department at the University Hospital in Ostrava for whom further cancer treatment had been terminated as ineffective in halting the progression of their cancer.

[The assessment of quality of life of patients at oncological clinic - pilot study].

Background: In oncological care the main emphasis should not be put only on prolonging a patients life, but also on its quality. The aim of the study was to assess the quality of life of patients hospitalized at the oncology clinic of the University Hospital of Ostrava (UHO), who exhausted all the anticancer treatment options. PATIENTS (SAMPLE) AND METHODS: In a pilot study the sample consisted of 93 patients from the oncological clinic of UHO with Karnofsky score < 60.