Quality of life of breast cancer survivors: the impact of hormonal replacement therapy
| Autor: | S. M. Crowe, John A. Eden, Eva M Durna, Leo R. Leader |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Hormonal replacement therapy Obstetrics and Gynecology Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) General Medicine medicine.disease Affect (psychology) Menopause Breast cancer Quality of life Self evaluation medicine Physical therapy skin and connective tissue diseases business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Climacteric. 5:266-276 |
| ISSN: | 1473-0804 1369-7137 |
| Popis: | Objectives: The aims of this non-randomized qualitative study were to compare the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer survivors who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and those who did not, and to describe the impact of breast cancer on their social, physical, psychological and spiritual domains. A QOL self-evaluation questionnaire was used to determine the most important concerns and changes described by women that affected, or were likely to affect, their QOL as a result of breast cancer. Methods: In total, 220 patients who had finished treatment for breast cancer were contacted; 190 agreed to participate, of whom 123 (64.8%) completed and returned their questionnaires, which comprised demographic data, Quality of Life Breast Cancer Version Questionnaire and Quality of Life Self Evaluation Questionnaire. The results for women taking HRT were compared with results for those who were not. Results: There were no significant differences in time between surgery for breast cancer and the survey, ag... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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