Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.

• Main Authors: Das, Priscilla, Awang, Hamidin, Md. Zain, Azhar, Naing @ Noorjan, Khin Ohnmar, Md Said, Salmiah, Khalid, Bahariah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24608/1/Quality%20of%20life%20among%20patients%20with%20hematological%20cancer%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20hospital.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24608/; http://www.mma.org.my/

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms and problems in hospitalized hematological cancer patients. A cross-sectional design was carried out with 105 respondents in Ampang hospital in Kuala Lumpur. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality Of Life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) was used. Patients with a minimum response of "a little" were defined as having a symptom/problem while patients with a response of "quite a bit" were classified as having a "severe symptom/problem:". The four most prevalent symptoms/ problems identified were fatigue, financial difficulties, reduced role function and reduced social function. Multiple myeloma patients (MM) were identified as having the most symptoms/problems.