Quality of life and mental health in cervical and endometrial cancer survivors

Bradley, Sarah; Rose, Stephen L.; Lutgendorf, Susan K.; Costanzo, Erin S.; Anderson, Barrie

doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.08.023

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“…Similar result show one study 3 after two years of complete treatment, QOL and MH were similar and were not affected by modality of treatment. But in contrast, Bradley 29 concluded that QOL was not related to disease characteristics include treatment modality and stage of disease. One study 30 show significant difference between QOL according to disease stage.…”

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Quality of life of cervical cancer patients after completion of treatment -A study among Bangladeshi women

Hossain

Akter

Banu

et al. 2016

Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull

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Cervical cancer is the main cause of malignancy-related death among women living in developing countries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) among Bangladeshi cervical cancer survivors and its relationships with demographic and disease related factors A cross-sectional study was carried out on one hundred nine consecutive cervical cancer survivors in National Institute of cancer Research and Hospital, Dhaka from September 2014 to february2015 using European organization for Research and treatment of cancer core Questionnaires (QOL-C30 and QOL-CX24). Demographic condition like education level, occupation and disease related factors like stages, treatment modality and duration of follow-up time were taken as investigating factors against functional scales. Cronbach´s alpha was calculated to asses' internal consistency among items.Cervical cancer survivors stated a moderate QOL. Sub-domains of QOL score and global health status were significantly associated with physical function(PF) scales (p=.000), fatigue (p=.045), nausea and vomiting (p=.000), Appetite loss (p=.001), constipation (p=.005), symptom experience (p=.005) and menopausal symptoms (p=.015). QOL mean score were negatively associated with emotional function(EF) scales, pain, fatigue, nausea, appetite loss and financial problems. Education level showed significant association with physical function(PF) (p=.001), emotional function(EF) (p=.027), Cognitive function(CF) (p=.000) and sexual function (p=.001). Duration (Follow-up) time was significance association with PF (p=.005), EF (p=.012), symptoms experience (p=.001). Although, the QOL in cervical cancer survivors was moderate, treatment of related symptoms and improvement of demographic condition can influence the QOL and survivors improve the care of cervical cancer. So, improve the QOL among cervical cancer survivors.

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Quality of life of cervical cancer patients after completion of treatment -A study among Bangladeshi women

Hossain

Akter

Banu

et al. 2016

Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull

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“…A cross-sectional study (Yao Xie et al, 2013) examined the quality of life for the patients with cervical cancer at difference clinical stages reported that the overall QOL of patients with precancerous lesions and early cervical carcinoma were better than patients with advanced cervical cancer. The severity of the disease played an important role in emotional functioning whereby increasing stage of cancer contributed to poorer emotional functioning among the cancer patients (Bradley et al, 2006). Besides that, some studies (Ferrandina et al, 2012;Mantegna et al, 2013) also suggested that QOL and sexual activity differ in early stage and late-stage cervical cancer.…”

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Quality of Life by Stage of Cervical Cancer among Malaysian Patients

Nawi¹,

Najibah²,

Hatta³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…It was more in choriocarcinoma survivors than others, that is different from a study which showed cervical cancer survivors reporting significantly more anxiety than endometrial cancer survivors, and more dysphoria, anger, and confusion than either endometrial cancer survivors or healthy controls. 18 Bodurka-Bevers D et.al found that the women with confirmed diagnoses of primary ovarian cancer did not score significantly different than the women diagnosed with other gynaecological cancers metastasized to the ovaries on any of the QOL measures.…”

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Psychological impact of cancer diagnosis among gynaecological cancer subjects in a tertiary care centre

Nanjaiah

Khan

Rao

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONAmong gynaecological cancers, cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers that afflict women and that lead to deaths worldwide. The data from HBCRs of India has shown that cancer of cervix (28%) and breast (16%) in women are most common and cancer of Head and Neck region constitute about 30% of all cancer in males and females.1 More than 3-8% of ovarian, 0.5-4.8% of corpus uteri, 1-3% of vulvar and gestational trophoblastic tumours are reported in India every year. 2The diagnosis of cancer affects patients and their families physically, financially and emotionally. Cancer is still considered synonymous to death, pain and suffering. 3 The common psychological and emotional responses to cancer arise from knowledge of life-threatening diagnosis, its prognostic uncertainty and fears about death ABSTRACT Background: The survival rate of cancer patients has improved and focus has shifted to improve the quality of life of the survivors. An adequate knowledge is required for psychosocial interventions and designing programs aimed at improving the quality of life of the cancer patients. The purpose of the study is to assess Anxiety and Depression [Psychiatric morbidity] among gynaecological cancer subjects and its association with duration since diagnosis, type of cancer, mode of treatment and socio-demographic variables. Methods: This is an interview based cross sectional study involving 131 patients diagnosed to have gynaecological cancer who were evaluated using hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS). The gynaecological and sociodemographic data was analyzed for any correlation with HADS scores. Results:The prevalence of at least one psychiatric disorder was 90% (n=118). Sixty subjects [45.8%] had anxiety, 71 subjects [54%] had depression and 118 cases [90%] had psychiatric morbidity. Patients suffering for less than three months had anxiety; three to 12 months were both anxious and depressed; more than 12 months were depressed. Young women with less education were more anxious compared to educated women. Conclusions: Given a gynaecological cancer an individual will have 0.9 chance of developing psychiatric morbidity. Young women with less education aware of cancer diagnosis for three to 12 months were at increased risk and needs intervention. As cancer incidence is increasing and psychiatric morbidity is common among cancer patients, training of health care personnel in cancer screening and recognizing patients with common mental disorders is required to improve their quality of life. Creating awareness of public regarding risk factors of cancers, importance of screening and cancer treatment is necessary.

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Quality of life and mental health in cervical and endometrial cancer survivors

Cited by 139 publications

References 24 publications

Quality of life of cervical cancer patients after completion of treatment -A study among Bangladeshi women

Quality of life of cervical cancer patients after completion of treatment -A study among Bangladeshi women

Quality of Life by Stage of Cervical Cancer among Malaysian Patients

Psychological impact of cancer diagnosis among gynaecological cancer subjects in a tertiary care centre

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