Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM)

Measurement of quality of life in cervical cancer patients is important for many reasons. Especially patients who diagnosis in young age implies long life with side effects and sequels of treatment. While the oncologist and health care provider continue the intensify treatments and improve cure r...

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Main Author: Ghani, Fatihah Ab
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spelling my.usm.eprints.59080 http://eprints.usm.my/59080/ Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM) Ghani, Fatihah Ab RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) Measurement of quality of life in cervical cancer patients is important for many reasons. Especially patients who diagnosis in young age implies long life with side effects and sequels of treatment. While the oncologist and health care provider continue the intensify treatments and improve cure rates, they were also need to quantify the effect of treatments on patients’ quality of life (QOL) with an increased emphasis on patient-reported outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the level of QOL among cervical cancer patients that undergoing treatments at NROD Hospital USM. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among 57 cervical cancer patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatments at Hospital USM and mostly aged range from 31 until 74 years old. This study used a structured self-administered questionnaire. The convenience sampling technique was used to select the sample of the study. Statistical analysis was conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize socio-demographic and characteristics of cervical cancer patients. One-Way ANOVA test was used to evaluate the association between study variables: socio-demographic data (age , marital status, educational level, occupational and family incomes) with the QOL among cervical cancer patients that undergoing treatments at NROD. The p-value is equal or less than 0.05 was considered there is significant association. Majority there was 29(50.9%) of study population had good QOL and only 3(5.3%) patients had poor QOL. Then, there were 26(45.6%) patients were satisfied with their health then followed by 22(38.6%) patients were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. The level of QOL was measured by four domains which is physical health, psychological health, social relationship and environmental health. Result shows environmental health domain is the highest mean score 29.12 (4.33) compared to other domains. Social relationship domains recorded the lowest mean scores 9.84(1.90). Next, educational level and occupational were found to be associated with environmental domain of patients’ QOL, with p-value 0.005 and 0.001 respectively. Major others association also found between the family incomes with all domains of QOL with p-value for physical domain 0.016, psychological domain 0.010, social domain 0.001 and environmental domain 0.001. The quality of life in cervical cancer patients is generally good. The positive result may be due to positive attitude, acceptance, support surrounding, good education and positive thought of patients to their disease and treatments undergoing. However, there are still some patients who had poor QOL. Hence, all members of the care team should be aware the whole aspect that patients need to fulfill in order to increase their level quality of life. This is because the elevated supportive care needs mostly will increase level of QOL. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2015 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/59080/1/FATIHAH%20BINTI%20AB%20GHANI%20-%20e24.pdf Ghani, Fatihah Ab (2015) Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM). Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Ghani, Fatihah Ab
Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM)
description Measurement of quality of life in cervical cancer patients is important for many reasons. Especially patients who diagnosis in young age implies long life with side effects and sequels of treatment. While the oncologist and health care provider continue the intensify treatments and improve cure rates, they were also need to quantify the effect of treatments on patients’ quality of life (QOL) with an increased emphasis on patient-reported outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the level of QOL among cervical cancer patients that undergoing treatments at NROD Hospital USM. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among 57 cervical cancer patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatments at Hospital USM and mostly aged range from 31 until 74 years old. This study used a structured self-administered questionnaire. The convenience sampling technique was used to select the sample of the study. Statistical analysis was conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize socio-demographic and characteristics of cervical cancer patients. One-Way ANOVA test was used to evaluate the association between study variables: socio-demographic data (age , marital status, educational level, occupational and family incomes) with the QOL among cervical cancer patients that undergoing treatments at NROD. The p-value is equal or less than 0.05 was considered there is significant association. Majority there was 29(50.9%) of study population had good QOL and only 3(5.3%) patients had poor QOL. Then, there were 26(45.6%) patients were satisfied with their health then followed by 22(38.6%) patients were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. The level of QOL was measured by four domains which is physical health, psychological health, social relationship and environmental health. Result shows environmental health domain is the highest mean score 29.12 (4.33) compared to other domains. Social relationship domains recorded the lowest mean scores 9.84(1.90). Next, educational level and occupational were found to be associated with environmental domain of patients’ QOL, with p-value 0.005 and 0.001 respectively. Major others association also found between the family incomes with all domains of QOL with p-value for physical domain 0.016, psychological domain 0.010, social domain 0.001 and environmental domain 0.001. The quality of life in cervical cancer patients is generally good. The positive result may be due to positive attitude, acceptance, support surrounding, good education and positive thought of patients to their disease and treatments undergoing. However, there are still some patients who had poor QOL. Hence, all members of the care team should be aware the whole aspect that patients need to fulfill in order to increase their level quality of life. This is because the elevated supportive care needs mostly will increase level of QOL.
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author Ghani, Fatihah Ab
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title Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM)
title_short Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM)
title_full Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM)
title_fullStr Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM)
title_full_unstemmed Quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at Nuclear, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department (NROD) in Hospital USM (HUSM)
title_sort quality of life among cervical cancer patients undergoing treatments at nuclear, radiotherapy and oncology department (nrod) in hospital usm (husm)
publisher Universiti Sains Malaysia
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