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Rev Hematol Mex 2025; 26 (1)

Death anxiety and its relationship with quality of life in patients with hematological malignancies

Gálvez RJL, Fernández MDY, Herrera OW

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 1-9
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ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between anxiety about death and the quality of life of patients with hematological malignancies.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Prospective cohort study of a correlational type in which we determined the association between death anxiety (Death Anxiety Scale, DAS) and quality of life (EQ-5D and FACIT-sp scales) in patients with hematologic neoplasms.
RESULTS: Fifty-nine patients with a mean age of 60.3 ± 13.6 years and an average disease duration of 4.0 ± 3.7 years were included. Of these, 29 had non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 10 chronic myeloid leukemia, and 20 other types of cancer. According to the DAS scale, 30 patients had mild anxiety and 14 moderate anxiety. Regarding quality of life, according to the EQ-5D scale, 52 patients had good self-care ability and a perception of their health status today of 80.0 ± 12.7 (0 to 100). DAS score showed a correlation of ρ = -0.39 with the quality-of-life score (EQ-5D), ρ = -0.37 with the well-being score (FACIT-sp), and ρ = -0.44 with the perception of health today (p = 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Death anxiety negatively affects the quality of life of patients with hematologic neoplasms.


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