Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.

Autor:	Kyei KA; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.; National Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Accra, Ghana.; School of Health Sciences, Walden University, Minneapolis, USA., Yakanu F; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Donkor A; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.; Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia., Kitson-Mills D; National Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Accra, Ghana., Opoku SY; National Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Accra, Ghana., Yarney J; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Tagoe SN; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Addo MK; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Anarfi KK; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Abakuri E; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Agyri K; Department of Radiography, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2020 Apr 17; Vol. 35, pp. 125. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 17 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2020.35.125.18245
Abstrakt:	Introduction: There has been an increasing rate of the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in Ghana. Cancer and the treatment's side effects have adverse effects on the patients and this affects patient's well-being and lifestyle during and after radiotherapy. The study sought to assess the impact of demographic and clinical characteristics on Quality of Life (QoL) among cervical cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy in Ghana. Methods: A cross sectional quantitative study design was carried out on 120 cervical cancer patients who were conveniently sampled from the study site. The data was collected between the months of December, 2017 and February, 2018. QoL was measured using the FACT-G questionnaire. The mean scores of QoL were determined, whiles the chi-square test was used to determine the impact of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics on the QoL of the patients. Results: The mean age of the patients was 56.8 years. Majority of the patients reported stable QoL. The social well-being of the older patients was more affected than other patients. The unmarried, widows and patients who underwent surgery with radiotherapy were emotionally affected. Majority (56%) of the participants had stable QoL whiles 22% each had poor and good QoL. Significant association was found among 35-39 age group with physical well-being and overall QoL (p=0.017 and 0.029) respectively. Conclusion: There is a need to embrace a QoL assessment instrument in the study site so as to help the oncology team in the identification and addressing of specific indicators that affect the QoL of cervical cancer patients. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests. (© Kofi Adesi Kyei et al.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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