Quality of life of head and neck cancer patients after tumor treatment and subsequent maxillofacial rehabilitation

Nagy, J.

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“…Male respondents were somewhat older, M=58.50 ± 13.4 years as compared to female respondents, 52.88 ±15.1 years, but without any statistically significant difference, p=0.089. In the Gritz study the average age of patients was M=58.4 years, in the study of Nagy it was M=53.8 years, the Hassan study M=55 years, the Hassanein study M=58 years and in the Lam Tang study M=55.5 years ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ), which is approximately similar age structure as in our respondents. In several studies the average age structure was slightly over 60 years of age: Nazar M=64.4 and Rogers M=62 years of age, whereas only one study had results for under 50 years of age, specifically Kazi study M=49.6 years ( 18 , 19 , 20 ).…”

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“…We presented physical health components median values and concluded that problems related to swallowing (M=71.69±33.85), taste (M=68.88 ± 35.17) and saliva (M= 70.45±33.57) components had minimum score. In the studies of Nagy (Hungary) and Kazi the patients faced the biggest problem with chewing, whereas Rogers (USA) in his study showed that 45% of patients included in his study did not experience any chewing problems ( 12 , 19 , 20 ).…”

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Quality of Life of Patients with Oral Cavity Cancer

Dzebo

Mahmutović

Erkočević³

2017

Mater Sociomed

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Introduction:In recent years the quality of life of patients is very important in monitoring the treatment and therapeutic procedure success. It has become a significant factor in assessing the therapeutic procedure accomplishment, and for the first time the patient alone can access the success of the respective therapy. Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common cancers of the head and neck, and is one of the ten most common causes of death in the world. In the majority of cases, cancer of the oral cavity is detected in an advanced stage when therapeutic options are reduced, and the prognosis is much worse. Cancer of the oral cavity is 10 times more common in men. Assessment of quality of life should be an indicator of the multidisciplinary treatment success and it should point to areas in which the affected person requires support.Aim of the study:To examine the quality of life of patients with oral cavity cancer.Materials and methods:The study was conducted at the Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Clinical Center University of Sarajevo (CCUS), through a survey on patients with verified oral cavity cancer, questionnaire related to socio-demographic characteristics of the patients and the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL). The results were included in the database and statistically processed in the SPSS program, 19.0 version for Windows. Afterwards, the results were thoroughly analyzed and documented, presented in absolute numbers and statistical values using statistical indicators in simple and understandable tables and figures.Results:The study results showed that out of the total score of 100, the median value of quality of life of patients with oral cavity cancer, for the physical health component in the definition of quality was M=69.75 ±29.12 and for social-emotional health M=65.11 ± 27.47.Conclusion:This could be considered as satisfactory quality of life, in the sphere above half of the rating scale, although both values significantly deviate from the UW-QOL scale norm. Physical and socio-emotional health components are in a strong positive correlation, R2=0.750, p=0.0001.

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Quality of Life of Patients with Oral Cavity Cancer

Dzebo

Mahmutović

Erkočević³

2017

Mater Sociomed

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“…The scale consisted of 20 self-reported items with 15 questions of increasing anxiety level and 5 questions of decreasing anxiety level (Q. no. 5,9,13,17,19) . The score of each question ranged from 1 to 5 on a 5 point likert scale and higher scores indicated a better evaluation.…”

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“…Chemotherapy is defined as a concentrated and repeated treatment drug regimen for the management of cancer and its related symptoms, which is found to be associated with adverse reactions such as, hair loss, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, thereby leading to extended periods of treatment and repeated admissions to the hospital eventually affecting the QOL of cancer patients [14] . On the other hand, Radiation therapy which is often the final step in the multimodal treatment regimen for cancer might cause side-effects such as, skin pigmentation, destruction of salivary glands, severe problems related to eating, swallowing and speech, causing xerostomia, oral infections, dental caries, pain and discomfort [3,9] . Many aspects of QOL related to chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment have been studied [1,22] .…”

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Anxiety-Depression Affect on Quality of Life of Cancer patients during Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Treatment

Gupta¹

2016

TIJCR

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Background: Potentially every aspect of life in cancer patients is found to be accompanied by a mental illness of anxiety and depression that affects the Physical relationships, Psychological wellbeing, Social relationships and the Environmental domain thereby reducing the QOL of cancer patients significantly. The advancements in cancer treatment have led to marked improvement in the survival rates of cancer patients; however, distressing symptoms of anxiety and depression arising due to treatment modalities are yet to be endured. The proposed study is considered valuable since it emphasized on the quality of life of cancer patients during their treatment for cancer symptoms as one of the possible outcomes. Because patients are the best source of information for QOL data, therefore inpatients for chemotherapy treatment and outpatients for radiotherapy treatment were recruited in the study to obtain a unique perspective on how QOL is defined, assessed, and perceived with respect to anxiety and depression during the treatment sessions. Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess the association and correlation of Anxiety and Depression with the domains of Quality of Life of cancer patients during inpatient Chemotherapy sessions or outpatient Radiotherapy sessions. The primary objective was to analyze the anxiety and depression levels (Recognition patterns) with their impact on QOL of cancer patients during chemotherapy or radiotherapy sessions. Methods: It was a Psychological intervention, non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive, observational, hospital-based evaluation study. The Research study was conducted at Medical and Radiation Oncology department of Dr. B.L. Kapur Memorial Hospital, New Delhi, India with total duration of 5 months (December 2015-April 2016). A convenient sample of 60 patients undergoing cancer treatment was selected in which 30 cancer patients were on chemotherapy (CT Group) and the other 30 cancer patients were on radiotherapy (RT Group). Data collection was performed by using 3 validated Psychological interventional tools: WHOQOL-Bref Questionnaire, Zung Self-Rating Anxiety scale (ZSAS) and Zung Self-Rating Depression scale (ZSDS). Appropriate statistical tests by using SPSS v.17 software were utilized to determine the significant association of anxiety and depression with QOL domains. Results: As a result, it was observed that 21(35%) males [6(20%) in Chemotherapy group and 15(50%) in Radiotherapy group] and 39(65%) females [24(80%) in Chemotherapy group and 15(50%) in Radiotherapy group] participated in the research study. Majority of the patients 32(53.34%) were found to be in the age range of 46-60 years. Out of the enrolled subjects, 33(55%) were undergoing Breast cancer treatment, 6(10%) were undergoing Head cancer treatment, and 21(35%) were undergoing Neck cancer treatment. Anxiety affected the Physical domain (p=0.007), and Environmental domain (p=0.036) in the Chemotherapy group; and Social domain (p=0.016) in the Radiotherapy group. On the other hand, Depression...

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Quality of life of head and neck cancer patients after tumor treatment and subsequent maxillofacial rehabilitation

Abstract: III. Nagy J., Seres L., Novák P., Nagy K.: Implantáció a szájüregi rák miatt sugárkezelésben részesült betegeken.

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Quality of Life of Patients with Oral Cavity Cancer

Quality of Life of Patients with Oral Cavity Cancer

Anxiety-Depression Affect on Quality of Life of Cancer patients during Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Treatment

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