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)
Abstract
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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