Open AccessDepression, anxiety and quality of life through the use of complementary and alternative medicine among breast cancer patients in Turkey
Author(s) -
Mehmet Kalender,
Hakan Büyükhatipoğlu,
Ozan Balakan,
Ali Süner,
Ahmet Dirier,
Alper Sevinç,
Feridun Bülbul,
Ali Murat Tatlı,
Turgay Ulaş,
Celaletdin Camcı
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.138010
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , hospital anxiety and depression scale , cancer , alternative medicine , psychiatry , pathology , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer amongst women today. The aim of this study was to examine the association between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the quality of life (QoL), anxiety and depression and demographic characteristics of women with breast cancer.