Assessment of quality of life of cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital of South India

Gopal, Kannan; Rani, Vanitha; Ananthanarayanan, Raja Madras.; Palani, Thennarasu; Nigam, Nidhi; Janardhan, Vasantha; Reddy, Uma M.

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“…[12] Most of the studies in Indian population have used internationally recognized instruments except some of them. [13,23,29] Radiation therapy for breast cancer may cause skin pigmentation, [34] which is common in Asian patients, and it takes a number of years to lighten the pigmentation wholly but EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) instrument for breast cancer does not have any question about post-radiation pigmentation of the skin. [20] In Indian scenario various practices are observed, which can give psychological well-being to patients in the form of meditation and spirituality.…”

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Patient-reported quality of life outcomes in Indian breast cancer patients: Importance, review of the researches, determinants and future directions

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Breast cancer is a leading problem in developing world and India can be considered as one of the major contributors for incidence of breast cancer. In this article authors have reviewed quality of life studies on Indian breast cancer population. There are many factors which may hear common but cannot be neglected in case of Indian population. Policies and future directions to be implemented for breast cancer are also discussed.

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“…Studies on quality of life and breast cancer among Indian women[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] …”

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“…15 No entanto, apesar de apresentar difícil definição, a avaliação da QV tem-se mostrado comum na oncologia, sendo identificada como o segundo desfecho mais importante, logo atrás da sobrevivência. 16 Em nosso estudo, buscamos por possíveis correlações entre o diagnóstico de câncer e suas repercussões na QV de ambos, pacientes e cuidadores.…”

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Avaliação de qualidade de vida e depressão em pacientes oncológicos e em seus cuidadores e o acesso dos pacientes a reabilitação

Monteiro¹,

Schoueri²,

Camargo³

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Clin. Onc. Let.

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Financiamento: CEPHO (Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Hematologia e Oncologia) Conflito de interesse: Todos os autores responsabilizam-se pelo conteúdo do presente estudo e negam conflitos de interesse que possam ter influenciado os resultados deste trabalho. Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto (Open Access) sob a licença Creative Commons Attribution, que permite uso, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, sem restrições desde que o trabalho original seja corretamente citado.

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“…The results clearly indicate that proper nutritional supplement should be provided to patients, which could increase their working capacity. 10 Psychological domain was made up of six items: body image and appearance, negative feeling, positive feelings, self-esteem, spiritual beliefs/religion/personal beliefs and thinking, learning, memory and concentration. 33% subjects had scores of 50 and above.…”

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Quality of life in gynaecologic cancer subjects attending a tertiary care centre

Nanjaiah

Roopadevi

Khan

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONGynaecological cancers include cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, gestational trophoblastic tumour, ovarian epithelial cancer, ovarian germ cell tumour, uterine sarcoma, vaginal cancer and vulvar cancer. 1 It is estimated that about 9 million new cancer cases are diagnosed every year and over 4.5 million people die from cancer each year in the world. Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers that afflict women and that lead to deaths worldwide. The estimated number of new cancers in India per year is about 7 lakhs and over 3.5 lakhs people die of cancer each year. Out of these 7 lakhs new cancers about 2.3 lakhs (33%) cancers are tobacco related.2 More than 4,70,000 new cases per year, of about 2,30,000 deaths every year are due to cervical cancer 3 . The data from HBCRs of India has shown that Cancer of Cervix (28%) and Breast (16%) in women are most common and cancer of Head and Neck region constitute about 30 % of all cancer in males and females. 1 ABSTRACT Background: As newer treatment modalities improve survival; quality of life issues takes on increasing importance for survivors. An adequate knowledge is required for psychosocial interventions and designing programs aimed at improving the quality of life of the cancer patients. The purpose of the study is to assess quality of life among gynaecological cancer subjects and its association with duration since diagnosis, type of cancer, mode of treatment and socio-demographic variables. Methods: This is an interview based cross sectional study involving 131 patients diagnosed to have gynaecological cancer who were evaluated using WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaire. The gynaecological and socio-demographic data was analysed for any significant difference in QOL scores using one-way ANOVA. Results: Social domain scored high with median score 50 ± 22.82. Environmental domain scored least with median score 28 ± 24.91. Based on domain scores it was found that only 2.3% subjects had better quality of life. Physical (55.7 ± 7.43) and psychological (57.95 ± 22.85) domain mean score was statistically significantly higher among subjects with cancer for more than 12 months. Subjects who had radiotherapy and chemotherapy scored least (44.52 ± 9.8) and subjects who had surgery and chemotherapy scored highest (59.43 ± 8.8) in physical domain. Conclusions: As cancer incidence is increasing and post treatment survival is improving among cancer patients, two factors are gaining importance. One is early detection and prevention of cancer and the other is improving quality of life of survivors. In clinical practice the QOL instruments may be used with other forms of assessment, giving valuable information that can indicate areas in which a person is most affected and help the practitioner in making the best choices in patient care.

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Assessment of quality of life of cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital of South India

Abstract: The study showed that 80% of the total study population reported to have average and below average QOL, suggesting that an increasing importance is given to the incorporation of Quality of Life as an outcome, in addition to other clinical endpoints.

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Patient-reported quality of life outcomes in Indian breast cancer patients: Importance, review of the researches, determinants and future directions

Patient-reported quality of life outcomes in Indian breast cancer patients: Importance, review of the researches, determinants and future directions

Avaliação de qualidade de vida e depressão em pacientes oncológicos e em seus cuidadores e o acesso dos pacientes a reabilitação

Quality of life in gynaecologic cancer subjects attending a tertiary care centre

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