title: [Assessment of psychological distress in cancer outpatients treated with chemotherapy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Few studies have been conducted to elucidate the psychological distress of cancer outpatients being treated with chemotherapy. In this study, we attempted to determine the types of psychological distress endured by cancer outpatients being treated with chemotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated 194 outpatients with various malignancies, including hematological, esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, colon, lung, breast, ovarian, uterine and skin cancers, using the Japanese version of the Self-Rating Depression Scale, from June through December 2010, in our hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of the survey questionnaire indicated suspected adjustment disorders in 84 patients(43. 3%)and major depression in 14 patients(7. 2%). Medications prescribed for psychological distress were antianxiety drugs(18 patients: 9. 3%), antidepressant drugs(2 patients: 1. 0%), and sleeping pills(50 patients: 25. 8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings may be useful for the development of management strategies for psychological distress, and we suggest that there is a need for improvement in the quality of life of cancer outpatients being treated with chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Clinical Oncology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murakoshi
authors.forename: Yui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Rinako
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kani
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayabe
authors.forename: Akime
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyasato
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osato
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamatsu
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sofuni
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.forename: Kimito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Makio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iimori
authors.forename: Kazuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohyashiki
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D010045:Outpatients; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents