Impact of chemotherapy plus fluoxetine on depression and quality of life of tumor patients / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the impact of chemotherapy plus fluoxetine on depression and quality of life of tumor patients.Methods 160 cases cancer patients were randomly divided into the control group and the experimental group with 80 cases in each group.The control group received routine chemotherapy,while the experimental group adopted fluoxetine based on routine chemotherapy.The incidence of depression and improvement of life quality were compared between two groups.Results The incidence of depression was lower,and proportion of patients with good quality of life was higher in the experimental group compared with those of the control group.Conclusions To take chemotherapy plus fluoxetine has certain values in decrease depression and improve quality of life.