Health Related Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients: a Study from Turkey

Gökgöz, Şehsuvar; Sadikoglu, Ganime; Paksoy, Ela; Guneytepe, Umit; Özçakır, Alis; Bayram, Nuran; Bilgel, Nazan

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v3n2p140

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“…Social well-being is found to be better in patients who had more family supports. This finding is consistent with a study 18 . In early stage (II) breast cancer patients found better social functioning while they had hormone therapy or chemotherapy in their study.…”

Section: Symptom Occurrencesupporting

confidence: 94%

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Symptom Experience and Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in Bangladesh

Begum

Petpichetchian²,

Kitrungrote³

2016

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Background: The present study was aimed to the relationships between symptom severity and distress and quality of life (QoL) of patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. Objectives and methodology: A total number of 132 patients, attending both In-patient and Out-patient department and fulfilling the recruitment criteria were included in the study. A self-report questionnaire was used to collect data from the eligible participants by the primary investigator. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Results: On average, the participants of the study experienced seventeen symptoms with moderate level. The level of QoL of the participants was at moderate level (M=2.02, SD=0.39). Among all the subscales, the physical well-being had the lowest score and social well-being had highest score. Symptom experience and quality of life showed significant negative correlation. Conclusion:The patients with breast cancer would experience high symptoms during a 7-day period after receiving chemotherapy of the previous cycle. Nurses need to perform full measurement of multiple symptoms when care for breast cancer patients after the administration of chemotherapy.

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Section: Symptom Occurrencesupporting

confidence: 94%

“…Approximately 90% participants reported a number of symptoms who had completed primary treatment, received adjuvant chemotherapy and Stage I to Stage IV breast cancer diseases 17 . Those 18 . Symptom severity: The overall, symptom severity level in this study was at a moderate level, and it is congruent with a previous study 1 .…”

Section: Symptom Occurrencementioning

confidence: 99%

Symptom Experience and Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in Bangladesh

Begum

Petpichetchian²,

Kitrungrote³

2016

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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“…Therefore, patients with breast cancer more often than healthy people may reveal abnormalities in many areas of life, including the area of sexual functioning [12][13][14][15]. The data suggest that 25% -90% of women following the surgical treatment of breast cancer display mental and sexual disorders.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indications for sexology consultation in women after surgical treatment due to breast cancer

Streb¹,

Jabłoński²,

Słowik³

et al. 2019

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Jach R. Indications for sexology consultation in women after surgical treatment due to breast cancer. Ann Agric Environ Med. doi: 10.26444/aaem/89733 Abstract Introduction and objectives. Surgical treatment due to brest cancer have an impact on women sexuality. There is a need for research about effective indications for sexology consultation in women after such treatment. The aim of this study is to determine the indications for sexology consultation in women after surgical treatment for breast cancer. Materials and method. We tested 42 women patients diagnosed with breast cancer who had undergone mastectomy 3 months before the study. 3 months after the surgery the women were surveyed using the Polish version of FSFI assessing sexual functioning in women. The result of PL-FSFI were compared with the control group. Results. It was found that the mean score of PL-FSFI in the study group 3 months after the surgery was 13.33 points (score range: 1.2-31.7; median 8.3 points) with a statistically significant difference in terms of areas: desire, arousal, lubrication and orgasm in favour of the control group. The total score of PL-FSFI was significantly lower in women after mastectomy than in women after breast-conserving surgery. It has been shown that sexually active women in whom the surgery concerned the right breast (on the side of the dominant hand) scored lower on the scale "sexual functioning" of QLQ-BR-23 than women with surgery of the left breast, with this difference being statistically significant. There was a statistically significant correlation between the baseline performance status on the Zubrod scale and the scales: desire, lubrication and satisfaction of PL-FSFI. Living in a small town proved to be statistically significant for predicting a lower risk of sexual dysfunction among the surveyed women. Conclusions. The women who underwent surgery due to breast cancer had a higher risk of sexual dysfunction compared to the general population. Higher risk of sexual dysfunction especially concerns women after mastectomy, those who underwent breast surgery on the side of the dominant hand, and those with a worse preoperative overall level of functioning of ≥ 1 point on the Zubrod scale. A lower risk of disorders was observed in women living in smaller towns. The above factors indicate the advisability for sexology consultation in women with breast cancer.

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“…Pain, insomnia, loss of appetite and systematic effects of therapy, as well as symptoms of the breasts were more present with patients diagnosed a year or less. In regards to global health status, there was no significant difference in relation to length of duration of diagnosis, and the highest values for symptoms are noted in fatigue [11].…”

Section: Archives In Cancer Research Issn 2254-6081mentioning

confidence: 95%

Assessment of Quality of Life among Women Aged 35-55 Suffering from Breast Cancer

Gavrić¹,

Vuković-Kostić²

2016

Arch Can Res

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Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer with women worldwide, striking more and more at women in productive age of life, and the success of healthcare for women with this disease is measured with the quality of life of survivors. The aim of this study was to examine how the breast cancer affects the quality of life of women aged 35-55 and in what dimension of health quality of life is the least accomplished.

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Health Related Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients: a Study from Turkey

Cited by 29 publications

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Symptom Experience and Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in Bangladesh

Symptom Experience and Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in Bangladesh

Indications for sexology consultation in women after surgical treatment due to breast cancer

Assessment of Quality of Life among Women Aged 35-55 Suffering from Breast Cancer

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