1. Self‐perceived burden and its associations with health‐related quality of life among urologic cancer patients
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Chuo Yew Ting, Haridah Alias, Guan Chou Teh, Hui Meng Tan, Li Ping Wong, and Kong Leong Yu
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Male ,Psychological intervention ,Caregiver Burden ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cost of Illness ,Quality of life ,medicine ,Humans ,Self perceived ,Prospective Studies ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Health related quality of life ,business.industry ,Malaysia ,Prostatic Neoplasms ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,Kidney Neoplasms ,Self Concept ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Scale (social sciences) ,Urologic cancer ,Quality of Life ,Household income ,Female ,business ,Demography - Abstract
OBJECTIVE This study examined the prevalence of self-perceived burden (SPB) and its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among urologic cancer patients. METHODS This was a prospective, cross-sectional study. A total of 429 respondents diagnosed with urologic cancers (prostate, bladder and renal cancer) from Sarawak General Hospital and Subang Jaya Medical Centre in Malaysia were interviewed by using a structured questionnaire. SPB and HRQoL were measured by the Self-perceived Burden Scale and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General 7 Item Scale respectively. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Self-perceived burden was experienced by 73.2% of the respondents. Respondents who had a lower education level, a monthly household income
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- 2020
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