Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the scores of resilience, quality of life and depression in patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cells Carcinoma (HNSCC) in the preoperative period and correlate these variables. Methods: In the preoperative phase of surgical treatment, 28 patients diagnosed with HNSCC diagnosed in a hospital in the midwest of Minas Gerais between August 2017 and November 2018 were analyzed. The Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL) from the University of Washington, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Resilience Scale was used in this study. Results: A low and negative correlation was found between resilience and depression (r=-0, 497; p=0.007), a high and negative correlation (r=-0.708; p=0.000) between depression and QOL and a moderate and positive between resilience and QOL (r=0.512; p=0.005). Conclusion: Resilience positively interfered in the depression and QOL of the studied patients. In contrast, QL was negatively correlated with depression. Thus, resilience represented an important variable, which should be introduced in the screening process for patients with HNSCC, since it can contribute to an improvement in QOL and depression.