Predictors of quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer in Iran

Momeni, Maryam; Khanghah, Atefeh Ghanbari; Jokar, Farahnaz; Rahimi, Abbas; Leyli, Ehsan Kazemnezhad

doi:10.4103/0019-509x.175331

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“…The diagnosis and treatment of cancer, impaired sleep and activity patterns, physical symptoms and impaired cognitive function, dysfunctions in social and individual tasks threaten the quality of life. 5 - 7 …”

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Quality of Life in Women with Cancer and Its Influencing Factors

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Introduction: Studies show that some of the factors such as pain and psychological changes could decrease the quality of life of patients with cancer. The understanding of these factors can enhance the effectiveness and process of cancer treatment. Therefore this study was conducted to investigate the quality of life in women with cancer and its influencing factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which was carried out in the city of Tabriz in the northwestern part of Iran in 2016. The sample consisted of 150 women diagnosed with cancer. The EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) was used for evaluating the quality of life of the women. The collected data were analyzed in the SPSS ver. 13 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Also, t-test and ANOVA test were applied to investigate the correlation between the dimensions of quality of life and socio-demographic variables. P < 0.05 denoted as statistically significant. Results: The results showed that the quality of life in the function and symptoms dimensions were in acceptable levels. In the function dimension, the highest and lowest scores belonged to the cognitive and emotional domains, respectively. Also, those women who had the symptoms of insomnia and fatigue, and reported the pressure due to financial burden of cancer treatment had a significantly lower quality of life. A low score was reported in general health dimension. No statistically significant relationships were reported between the socio-demographic characteristics and the women’s quality of life and its dimensions. Conclusion: Since sleeplessness and fatigue reduce the quality of life in women with cancer, nursing interventions are required to relieve cancer-related symptoms. The financial burden of cancer treatment is high. Therefore, governmental and insurance agencies should help with the costs paid by the patients and prevent from reducing their quality of life.

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“…The quality of life in patients with cancer is evaluated to ensure the effectiveness of cancer treatment. 5 , 6 the dimensions of quality of life include function, social, mental and emotional factors.…”

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Quality of Life in Women with Cancer and Its Influencing Factors

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“…Previous research in oncology care mainly focused on health-related QOL among patients with specific cancer types[ 17 , 31 ]. Few studies focused on QOL in older cancer patients[ 16 ].…”

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Frailty and quality of life among older people with and without a cancer diagnosis: Findings from TOPICS-MDS

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BackgroundThe number of older cancer patients is rising. Especially in older people, treatment considerations should balance the impact of disease and treatment on quality of life (QOL) and survival. How a cancer diagnosis in older people interacts with concomitant frailty to impact on QOL is largely unknown. We aimed to determine the association between frailty and QOL among community-dwelling older people aged 65 years or above with and without a cancer diagnosis cross-sectionally and at 12 months follow-up.MethodsData were derived from the TOPICS-MDS database. Frailty was quantified by a frailty index (FI). QOL was measured with the subjective Cantril’s Self Anchoring Ladder (CSAL, range: 0–10) and the health-related EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D, range:-0.33–1.00) at baseline and after 12 months. To determine associations, linear mixed models were used.Results7493 older people (78.6±6.4 years, 58.4% female) were included. Dealing with a cancer diagnosis (n = 751) was associated with worse QOL both at baseline (CSAL:-0.25 (95%-CI:-0.36;-0.14), EQ-5D:-0.03 (95%-CI:-0.05;-0.02)) and at follow-up (CSAL:-0.13 (95%-CI:-0.24;-0.02), EQ-5D:-0.02 (95%-CI:-0.03;-0.00)). A ten percent increase in frailty was also associated with a decrease in QOL at baseline (CSAL:-0.35 (95%-CI:-0.38;-0.32), EQ-5D:-0.12 (95%-CI:-0.12;-0.11)) and follow-up (CSAL:-0.27 (95%-CI:-0.30;-0.24), EQ-5D:-0.07 (95%-CI:-0.07;-0.06)). When mutually adjusting for frailty and a cancer diagnosis, associations between a cancer diagnosis and QOL only remained significant for CSAL at baseline (-0.14 (95%-CI:-0.25;-0.03)), whereas associations between frailty and QOL remained significant for all QOL outcomes at baseline and follow-up. No statistical interactions between cancer and frailty in their combined impact on QOL were found.ConclusionsCancer diagnosis and frailty were associated with worse health-related and self-perceived QOL both at baseline and at follow-up. Differences in QOL between older people with and without a cancer diagnosis were explained to a large extent by differences in frailty levels. This stresses the importance to take into account frailty in routine oncologic care.

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“…Functional status (FS) is a concept that is important in caring for cancer patients and is used to assess the effect of cancer on self‐care and daily activities. Considered a component of global health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) (Petrick et al, 2014), poor FS scores may lead to loss of autonomy and impairment in the quality of life of cancer patients (Ghanbari et al, 2011). The concept of functional status can be defined as the level of activities performed by an individual to realise needs of daily living in many aspects of life including physical, psychological, social, spiritual and intellectual roles.…”

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Functional status of women after cancer and its related factors: A study based on Roy adaptation model

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Functional status (FS) is a concept that is important in caring for cancer patients and is used to assess the effect of cancer on self-care and daily activities. Considered a component of global health-related quality of life (HRQOL) (Petrick et al., 2014), poor FS scores may lead to loss of autonomy and impairment in the quality of life of cancer patients (Ghanbari et al., 2011). The concept of functional status can be defined as the level of activities performed by an individual to realise needs of daily living in many aspects of life including physical, psychological, social, spiritual and intellectual roles. Level of performance is expected to correspond to normal expectation in the individual's nature, structure and conditions, all of which are affected by the patient's perceptions of the effect of the disease and its related treatments on her/his daily functioning (Wang, 2004). Because understanding functional status is key for delivering patient-centred care and helping patients and their families determine the need for long-term services and supports (Spar et al., 2017), it should be taken into consideration during treatment period (Ozkan & Ogce, 2008). In addition, the functional status is affected by biological condition such as age and gender, acute and chronic nature of the disease and its symptoms, disability and the use of drugs for treatment of diseases. (Ogce & Ozkan, 2008). Functional status includes doing daily activities, meeting basic needs, playing roles and maintaining health and well-being, along with the medical, emotional and cognitive health of the individual. Thus when disease prevents a person

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Predictors of quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer in Iran

Cited by 11 publications

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Quality of Life in Women with Cancer and Its Influencing Factors

Quality of Life in Women with Cancer and Its Influencing Factors

Frailty and quality of life among older people with and without a cancer diagnosis: Findings from TOPICS-MDS

Functional status of women after cancer and its related factors: A study based on Roy adaptation model

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