Health-related quality of life during adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer
| Autor: | Eeva Salminen, Teija Stormi, Harri Sintonen, Sinikka Luutonen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Oncology
Adult medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Health Status Population Breast Neoplasms Breast cancer Quality of life Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Breast-conserving surgery Humans Postoperative Period education Hospitals Teaching Finland Mastectomy Aged Psychiatric Status Rating Scales education.field_of_study business.industry Depression Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Case-control study Age Factors Middle Aged medicine.disease Radiation therapy Distress Treatment Outcome Chemotherapy Adjuvant Case-Control Studies Quality of Life Female Radiotherapy Adjuvant business |
| Zdroj: | Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation. 23(4) |
| ISSN: | 1573-2649 |
| Popis: | In this study, health- related quality of life (HRQoL) and its determinants were assessed in breast cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy. The aim was to improve our understanding of patient’s situation at the end of adjuvant treatment, as the return to every day life approaches after breast cancer surgery and adjuvant chemo- and radiotherapy. Health- related quality of life was measured by the 15D instrument. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to patients undergoing postoperative radiotherapy. Out of 389 consecutive breast cancer patients, 273 comprised the final study group. The results were compared to 15D results for an age-standardized sample of the female general population in Finland (n = 3,335). Determinants of HRQoL were assessed by a multivariate model. In patients |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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