<![CDATA[Objectives: A descriptive correlational study, using an evaluation approach, is conducted to evaluate thelevel of depression for adolescents undergoing chemotherapy at pediatric hospitals in Baghdad City fromDecember 15th 2020 to June 17th 2021.Methodology: A self-report questionnaire is developed for the purpose of the study. Content validity andinternal consistency reliability are determined through a pilot study. A purposive “non- probability” sample,of (45) adolescents, is selected for the present study. All adolescents have signed a consent form for theiragreement to participate in the study with no obligation as part of the ethical considerations.Results: Results of the study indicate that adolescents, who are middle age and males, develop depressivesymptoms greater than others after being treated with chemotherapy. Adolescents’ depression has highlysignificant relationship with their socio-demographic characteristics of relapse, complications, mothers’occupation, gender, education, monthly income, duration of treatment, age, fathers’ occupation, fathers’education, mothers’ education and age at diagnosis.Conclusion: The study concludes that most of the adolescents have experienced moderate level of depressionas a result of their being exposed to the chemotherapy treatment and the study confirms that the issues oflooking forward, sleeping, feeling, walking, energy, pain, appetite have major influence on the prognosis ofthe health problem of depression.Recommendation: The study recommends that counseling services are important issue to deal with inproviding treatment to these adolescents especially those who are males, middle age, and developingcomplications and relapse. Well-designed and constructed education program can be presented to theseadolescents for the purposes of increasing their awareness toward the disease and making them able toprevent complications and relapse associated depression.]]>
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