Feryal KARACA, Gökhan ÇAVUŞ, ÇİĞDEM USUL AFŞAR, Selahattin MENTES, YAŞAR SERTDEMİR, Yurdal GEZERCAN

Syrian Migrants With Brain Metastasis Patients: Quality of Life and Anxiety Before Radiotherapy, Depression Before and After Radiotherapy and the Effect On Familial Relatives

In this study, our aim is to evaluate the quality of life, depression and anxiety of the Syrian patients who have brain metastasis and their relatives before starting radiotherapy and to correlate their depression and anxiety after radiotherapy. Brain metastases are frequently considered the last stage in many cancers. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30, Beck Depression Inventory, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory I-II test questionnaires were administered upon the arrival of 51 Syrian immigrant patients with brain metastases and their relatives to a radiotherapy clinic. Beck Depression Inventory, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaires II were administered after radiotherapy. Beck Depression Inventory performed before and after radiotherapy in patients and their relatives and Beck Depression Inventory analysis was significant (p

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