title: Studying the Amount of Depression and its Role in Predicting the Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Depression is the most common psychological reactions in women with breast cancer. This study aimed at investigating the amount of depression and its role in predicting the quality of life of women suffering from breast cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present descriptive study in volved a correlation method with 98 women living in Kermanshah-Iran with breast cancer. According to the access to the patients and the condition of conducting the research, they were chosen by available sampling. Life quality inventory (World Health Organization, 1989) and depression inventory (Beck et al., 2000) were used to gather the data. Moreover, to analyze the relationships among the variables correlation analysis with Pearson method, as well as multiple regression with the enter method and frequency analysis were applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings revealed that not only is depression high, but also there is a negative significant relationship between depression and the quality of life, with predictive potential.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The finding of a relationship between depression and the quality of life points to the need for addressing psychological problems of the affected individuals more appropriately. It is suggested that we consider psychological and educational services for patients in treatment planning to make people aware of different psychological aspects of their disease and ways of struggling and overcoming the problems.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry of Department, Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Farabi Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran E-mail : Mostafaalikhani18@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jalal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shakeri
authors.forename: Sanobar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Golshani
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jalilian
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Farnia
authors.forename: Roghieh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nooripour
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alikhani
authors.forename: Kianoosh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yaghoobi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires