Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

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 201...

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Main Authors: Adriana Cristina Nicolussi, Namie Okino Sawada, Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo, Viviane Andrade, Juliana Maria de Paula
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2014-02-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3099
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Namie Okino Sawada
Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo
Viviane Andrade
Juliana Maria de Paula
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-3d532f18a10048629b54c9d33c5607ff2025-08-20T13:01:28ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832014-02-01151Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapyAdriana Cristina NicolussiNamie Okino SawadaFernanda Mara Coelho CardozoViviane AndradeJuliana Maria de PaulaIt 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.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3099Quality of LifeNeoplasmsDrug TherapyOncologic Nursing.
spellingShingle Adriana Cristina Nicolussi
Namie Okino Sawada
Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo
Viviane Andrade
Juliana Maria de Paula
Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Rev Rene
Quality of Life
Neoplasms
Drug Therapy
Oncologic Nursing.
title Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
title_full Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
title_fullStr Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
title_short Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
title_sort health related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
topic Quality of Life
Neoplasms
Drug Therapy
Oncologic Nursing.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3099
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