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Background:Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in 145 countries worldwide, and the success of healthcare for women with this disease is measured with the quality of life of survivors. The aim of this study was to examine how the breast cancer affects the quality of life and in what dimension of health quality of life is the least accomplished.Method:A pilot research had been performed in the period from June 10 to August 15 2011, on 100 women from Association of women with breast cancer “Iskra” in Banja Luka, aged 20-75. The survey research was based on the EORTC QLQ-C30 version 3.0 and questionnaire for assessment of quality of life of those suffering from breast cancer QLQ-BR23 with 53 questions in total.Results:The average age of women in research was 51.8 years (±11.23). Statistically important differences (χ24=221.941; p<0.01) are higher mean values of the score for the functional scale, (66.32±17.82) cognitive functions (63.50±28.00) in relation to functional role (46.83±20.88), social (37.00±27.58) and emotional (36.58 ±25.15) functioning. Mean values of the score for the symptoms scale were statistically higher for symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia and pain in relation to other symptoms. Mean values of the score for body image scale are statistically higher in relation to mean values of the score of sexual functions and enjoyment scale, and the scale for grading the future perspectives.Conclusion:Breast cancer affects all the domains of the quality of life, and in our population it is the most prominent in domains of emotional and social functions, as well as role functions. Symptoms of fatigue, insomnia and pain have the most importance influence on these domains.

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Gru ji}-Vuj mi lo vi} Dra ga na, Ga vri} @i va na Me d i cal Fa c ulty, Uni ver sity Ba nja Lu ka, De part ment of So cial Me d i ci ne, Ba nja Lu ka, Re pu b lic of Srp ska, Bo snia and Her ze go vi na Pri mljen/Re ce i ved 25. 3. 2014. god. Pri hva }en/Ac cep ted 11. 05. 2014. god. Ab stract: In tro duc tion: Di a be tes mel li tus is a chro nic di s e a se that af fects the qu a l ity of pe o ples' li ves thro ugh a num ber of psy cho lo g i cal, emo ti o nal, so cial and psycho se xu al pro b lems. Ob jec ti ve: As sess so cial do main of qu a l ity of li fe among a sam ple of di a be tic pa ti ents and de ter mi ne its as so ci a tion with the so cio-de mo grap hic va ri a bles. Met h ods: In a sur vey con duc ted at the Cli n i cal Cen ter Ba nja Lu ka from Oc to ber 2011 un til Ju ne 2012 year, we re in clu ded 150 pa ti ents with di a be tes mel li tus and 150 pa ti ents with hyperthyro i dism. To as sess qu a lity of li fe, we re used the qu e s ti on na i re of the World He alth Or ga ni za tion (WHO QOL-BREF). Re sults: In pa ti ents with di a be tes mel li tus com pared to the con trol gro up, with sta ti s ti cal sig ni f i cant dif fe ren ce (t =-3.304; p < 0.001) so cial do main was re du ced. Pa ti ents with di a be tes mel li tus, with sta ti s ti cally sig ni f icant dif fe r en ce (U = 4603.5, p < 0.001) we re mo re dis satis fied with sex li fe. With per so nal re la ti on ships and with the sup port they re ce i ved from the ir fri ends we re "sa t isfied" 68.0% and 62.0% and "very sa t is fied" 14.0% and 11.3% of tho se with di a be tes mel li tus, wit h o ut sta ti s ti cally sig ni f i cant dif fe r en ce (p > 0.05) com pa red to con trol group. In hig her per cent with the sup port they re ce i ved from fri ends we re sa t is fied re spon dents who we re mar ried (67%) than tho se who we re sin gle (40.0%), (p = 0.055). Con clu sion: Most of the pa ti ents with di a be tes melli tus we re sa t is fied with the ir per so nal re la ti on ships and with so cial sup port that they got from the ir fri ends wit h out dif fe r en ce by gen der, age and le vel of ed u ca tion. Pa tients with di a be tes we re less sa t is fied with the ir sex li fe. Keywords: di a be tes mel li tus, qu a l ity of li fe, so cial do main.