Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Romania

This is the first extensive interdisciplinary research in Romania focusing on psychosocial aspects of hospitalized adult cancer patients that includes data from a multi-center questionnaire screening and multivariate analysis. According to the tumor location, our mixed sample includes 420 adult oncology patients, 342 with malignant and 78 with benign tumors. Results show that in our sample 16.9% of cancer patients are not aware of their oncologic diagnosis, 47.5% are clinically depressed, 46.7% experience anxiety disorders and 28.1% report low quality of life. Based on our results, we propose the routine use of self-administered questionnaires for better identification of psychosocial needs.