ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2017
Quality of life of patients from rural and urban areas in Poland with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy. A study of the influence of selected socio-demographic factors.
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- Rural-Urban Disparities in Cancer Care-Analyzing Routinely Collected Patient-Reported Outcomes. A Cross-Sectional Study.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Quality of Life before and after Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer Patients Measured Using an Updated Head-Neck Specific EORTC QLQ-H&N43 at a Rural Tertiary Cancer Care Center.South Asian journal of cancer · 2025Article
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- Nutrition intervention is beneficial to the quality of life of patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing chemotherapy in Vietnam.Cancer medicine · 2021Article
- Quality of life of patients with central serous chorioretinopathy - a major cause of vision threat among middle-aged individuals.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2021Article
- Quality of life related to foot health status in women with fibromyalgia: a case-control study.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionThe quality of life (QoL) experienced by cancer patients depends both on their state of health and on sociodemographic factors. Tumours in the head and neck region have a particularly adverse effect on patients psychologically and on their social functioning. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe study involved 121 patients receiving radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancers. They included 72 urban and 49 rural residents. QoL was assessed using the questionnaires EORTC-QLQ-C30 and QLQ-H&N35. The data were analysed using statistical methods: a χ
resultsThe evaluation of QoL showed a strong, statistically significant, positive dependence on state of health, and a weak dependence on sociodemographic factors and place of residence. Evaluations of financial situation and living conditions were similar for rural and urban residents. Patients from urban areas had the greatest anxiety about deterioration of their state of health. Rural respondents were more often anxious about a worsening of their financial situation, and expressed a fear of loneliness.
conclusionsStudying the QoL of patients with head and neck cancer provides information concerning the areas in which the disease inhibits their lives, and the extent to which it does so. It indicates conditions for the adaptation of treatment and care methods in the healthcare system which might improve the QoL of such patients. A multinomial logit model identifies the factors determining the patients' health assessment and defines the probable values of such assessment.
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