The TC group had a larger proportion of females than the TD group. Most of the females included in the study had breast cancer followed by carcinoma of cervix and others. Males had maximum cases of oral and lung cancer followed by cancer of pancreas. Background profile of patients in both the groups is summarised in Table 3 with their clinical features. There was no significant difference in the factors of the emotional domain between the two groups.
Most people experience some feelings of depression at times.
Rate your ability to maintain usual recreation or leisure activities. Rate the degree to which your disease has imposed hardship on those closest to you in past two weeks. Rate how often do you feel discouraged about your life. Rate your satisfaction with your work and your jobs around the home in the past one-month. Rate in your opinion, how disruptive your disease has been to those closest to you in past two weeks.