title: [Quality of life and depressive symptoms in patients diagnosed with uterus cancer].
abstract: In the present study quality of life and depressive symptoms as well as the influence of illness on emotional state in patients with diagnosis of uterus cancer was evaluated. The aim of the study was to evaluate quality of life and depressive symptoms in women diagnosed with uterus cancer who underwent surgical treatment and complementary therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study has been conducted on randomly chosen group of 100 patients diagnosed with uterus cancer who underwent surgical treatment and adjunctive therapy. Surveys has been conducted 6 months after completed therapy when no recurrence of carcinomatous disease was confirmed. Quality of life was evaluated using quality of life questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 and depressive symptoms were measured by means of Beck's depression self-rating scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the conducted study in most cases patients with diagnosis of uterus cancer didn't show symptoms of depression and in 40% of patients there were mild symptoms of depressive disorder. The results show that patients without depressive symptoms had better quality of life compared to those with concomitant depressive symptoms and it was statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with diagnosed uterus cancer in whom no symptoms of depression were detected presented with better quality of life compared to patients with depressive symptoms. Emotional state of patients with uterus cancer can be an important factor influencing their quality of life.
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smorag
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Florkowski
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zboralski
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macander
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nowacka
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flinik-Jankowska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Strójwas
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krajewska
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Przybyszewska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wierzbiński
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires