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Quality of life (QOL) of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients has been little studied in Tunisia. The aim of this work was to evaluate the QOL of CRC patients and to identify factors that may influence it.A cross-sectional, study spread was made over a period of 6 months on patients with CRC treated in the department of Medical Oncology of Farhat Hached University Hospital of Sousse. The EORTC questionnaires translated and validated in Arabic (QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR29) were used.142 patients diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer were enrolled. The overall QOL score was 58.5 ± 29.1. The emotional and sexual functional dimensions were the most affected, especially in women and patients under 50 years of age. QOL scores were higher in patients who were in complete remission (71.4 ± 24.7) and in good general condition (63.7 ± 26.6) physical activity may have a significant influence on all functional dimensions of QOL (p 0.001). Fatigue was significantly (p 0.001) more present when there was a sedentary lifestyleradiotherapy, palliative chemotherapy (1st and 2nd line) and targeted therapy.Evaluating quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer in Tunisia is necessary especially those under 50 years old and in women. Laparoscopic surgery with restoration of intestinal continuity, less toxic palliative chemotherapy protocols, more accessibility to new radiotherapy technics will improve QOL of CRC patients. Physical activity and nutrition support are also essential in promoting QOL of these patients.

the objective of this work was to establish the clinical profile of patients consulting in gyneco-obstetrical emergencies and identify the reasons for consultation and the becoming of the consultants.a one-center retrospective descriptive observational study was performed including patients who consulted between January 1a total of 2007 patients were included in our study among 15,553 gynecological emergency room consultants during 2018. We found that the largest number of consultants was recorded at the start of the week and between 7 am and 7 pm. The most frequently obstetric reasons observed for consultation were pelvic pain (39.6%), bleeding (23.8%) and vomiting (8.7%). The most frequently gynecological reasons for consultation were pelvic pain (54.2%), then metrorrhagia (18.8%) and mastodynia (7.1%). Of the study participants, 66.82% received an ultrasound, 23% received a beta HCG test. The majority of emergency room consultants were referred to their home.the majority of patients visiting the emergency room do not have any emergency-related pathologies.