Open AccessPsychological status and quality of life associated with radioactive iodine treatment of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: Results of hospital anxiety and depression scale and short-form (36) health survey
Author(s) -
Seyedshahab Banihashem,
Mehdi Arabzadeh,
Reyhaneh Sadat Jafarian Bahri,
Mohsen Qutbi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_14_20
Subject(s) - medicine , hospital anxiety and depression scale , anxiety , depression (economics) , thyroid cancer , radioactive iodine , quality of life (healthcare) , cancer , thyroid , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
The objective is to investigate psychological status and quality of life (QoL) using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Short-Form (36) Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaires in patients with proven differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) who are referred for radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation before, during, and after treatment.