ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2022
Quality of life of women with breast cancer in a tertiary referral university hospital.
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- Quality of Life and Its Associated Factors Among Breast Cancer Women in Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Patient-Reported Outcomes in Geriatric Oncology-Balancing Quality of Life and Therapeutic Effectiveness Using Primary Breast Cancer as a Model.Drugs & aging · 2025Review
- Sociodemographic factors and treatment effects on quality of life in locally advanced breast cancer: a cross-sectional study.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- Quality of Life Assessment of Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of breast cancer · 2025Article
- Awareness of breast cancer and perceived barriers to breast screening methods: a community based cross-sectional study among women in Yemen.Discover oncology · 2024Article
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- Health status based on EQ-5D-5L for the cancer patient population in Malaysia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Quality of life and its predictors among breast cancer patients treated with surgery-a retrospective minimum 3-year follow-up study.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Factors Affecting Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer.Journal of breast cancer · 2023Article
- Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Healthy Lifestyle Instrument for Breast Cancer Survivors (HLI-BCS).BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Impact of facilitating continued accessibility to cancer care during COVID-19 lockdown on perceived wellbeing of cancer patients at a rural cancer center in Rwanda.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundQuality of life (QoL) is one of the treatment outcome measures in patients with breast cancer. In this study, we measured the QoL of women with breast cancer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) and identified the associated factors. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2017 to December 2017 and involved female patients with breast cancer. The QoL scores and domains were determined using the EuroQol EQ-5D-5L, and were presented as the utility value and visual analog scores, respectively.
resultsWe recruited a total of 173 women, aged 33-87 years. The median VA score was 80.00 (interquartile range [IQR] 70.00-90.00); the median utility value was 0.78 (interquartile range [IQR] 0.65-1.00. Women who did not take traditional medicine had a higher utility index score of 0.092 (95% CI 0.014-0.171), and women with household income of RM3000-5000 had a higher utility index score of 0.096 (95% CI 0.011-0.180).
conclusionTraditional medicine consumption and household income were significantly associated with lower QoL. The pain/discomfort domain was the worst affected QoL domain and was related to traditional medicine use and household income. Addressing pain management in patients with breast cancer and the other factors contributing to lower QoL may improve the QoL of breast cancer survivors in the future.
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