The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of rowing exercises performed by people who have been treated for prostate cancer on their depression levels and quality of life. An average of 60 minutes, 12-week program was applied 3 (three) days a week to 37 people who completed prostate cancer (PC) treatment, had no exercise disability and performed rowing exercise (59.10± 9.67 years). Quality of life (WHOQOL Brief) and depression levels Beck Depression Scale (BCS) and fatigue levels Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Fatigue (FACIT-F) scale were administered to the participants at the beginning and end of the study. Since the data did not show normal distribution in the analysis, centrality and prevalence criteria (median and interquartile range) were determined for continuous variables, and the Wilcoxon test was used to determine the differences between the two groups by use of the Mann Whitney U test. In the evaluation of quality of life; a significant difference was found in all parameters in the study group pre-test post-test comparison and comparison with the control group (p<0.05). Depression levels; A significant difference was found between the study group and the control group in the comparison of the pre-test and post-test (p<0.05). As a result, it can be said that rowing exercises increase the quality of life of the participants and reduce their depression levels.

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