Open AccessCancer-Related Stigma and Depression in Cancer Patients in A Middle-Income Country
Author(s) -
Medine Yılmaz,
Gülçin Dişsiz,
Ayse Kurtulusoglu Usluoğlu,
Sibel Irız,
Filiz Topaloğlu Demir,
Ahmet Alacacıoğlu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2349-6673
pISSN - 2347-5625
DOI - 10.4103/apjon.apjon_45_19
Subject(s) - feeling , stigma (botany) , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , cancer , beck depression inventory , medicine , social stigma , psychology , psychiatry , family medicine , anxiety , social psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , economics , macroeconomics
The aim of the current study are to determine the depression levels of adult oncology patients in the cancer treatment phase and identify both cancer-related stigma and the factors affecting their depression levels.