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Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Authors :
Adriana Cristina Nicolussi
Namie Okino Sawada
Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo
Viviane Andrade
Juliana Maria de Paula
Source :
Rev Rene, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Universidade Federal do CearĂ¡, 2014.

Abstract

It is a cross-sectional study to evaluate the health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, to identify the domains affected and associate them with socio-demographic and clinical-therapeutic features of the sample. It was performed with 152 patients between 2009 and 2011 in two centers of chemotherapy, in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. The instrument Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core30 was used. The general Quality of Life was considered good, the domains affected were: emotional and role function, pain, fatigue, insomnia and loss of appetite. Female patients, between 40 and 60 years, economically active, with gastric, lung, neurological and skin cancer, with metastasis, and patients who underwent surgery and/or radiotherapy showed concomitant deficits in several areas and the presence of more symptoms. We concluded that the cancer and its treatment somehow affected patients, causing more symptoms and deficits of the performed functions, jeopardizing their health-related quality of life.

Details

Language :
English, Portuguese
ISSN :
21756783 and 15173852
Volume :
15
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Rev Rene
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3eb59f1ba6614aa2ba350d873ed7d662
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2014000100017