Quality of life of oncological patients
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients, characterizing the domains of quality of life and verifying the associated factor.METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, observational and quantitative research carried out with cancer patients admitted to a public hospital in...
| Principais autores: | Lima, Thyara Maria Stanley Vieira, Rodrigues, Claudeneide Araujo, Carvalho, André Rodrigues, Santos, Jueline da Silva, Ferreira, Luana Gabrielle de França |
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | Português |
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Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)
2023
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http://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/rbqv/article/view/16128 |
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients, characterizing the domains of quality of life and verifying the associated factor.METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, observational and quantitative research carried out with cancer patients admitted to a public hospital in Teresina-PI. Data were collected through a form prepared on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and through the generic instrument for assessing the quality of life WHOQOL-Bref. Comparative analysis (Kruskal-Wallis) was performed and a significance level of 5% was considered (p<0.05).RESULTS: 93 patients participated in the study, 77.4% were female, with a mean age of 50.6±15.6 years and 57.0% were from the countryside of Piauí. As for the diagnosis, 24.7% had a diagnosis of cervical cancer. In addition, 29.0% were in the postoperative period. As for staging, 39.8% were in stage 1, showing that they discovered the disease early. In the evaluation of the quality of life, the average of 2.71 was obtained in the general quality of life. It was found that the most compromised domains were the psychological (average: 3.06) and physical (average: 3.13) domains and the most preserved, the environment domain (average: 3.40). The patients in the postoperative situation presented better conditions of general quality of life (p=0.053) and psychological domain (p=0.044). In addition, stage 1 cancer patients were better off in social relationships (p=0.013).CONCLUSIONS: Patients, in general, had a worse perception of the psychological and physical domains, and a better perception of the environment domain. The staging of the disease and the postoperative situation had an impact on the perception of quality of life. |
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