Quality of Life in Female Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors in a South African Municipality.

IF 1.8 Q3 ONCOLOGY
Breast Cancer : Basic and Clinical Research Pub Date : 2024-10-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/11782234241282519
Rebecca Wilkinson, Lynn Smith
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Abstract

Background: Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment processes affect patients physically and mentally, and have an impact on their quality of life, even years after receiving treatment.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the quality of life in female breast cancer patients and survivors in a South African context. The municipality within which participants were recruited for this study was Ekurhuleni, based in the Gauteng province, South Africa.

Design: This study followed a cross-sectional research design. Quantitative data was collected.

Methods: The Quality-of-Life Patient/Cancer Survivor Version (2012) was used to determine participants' quality of life in 4 subscales, namely, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual. The questionnaire was accessible to participants via the online Google Forms platform as well as in hard-copy format at local medical facilities. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to compute statistics, and the level of significance was set at 95% (P < .05).

Results: One hundred female breast cancer patients and survivors from the region of Ekurhuleni, South Africa, took part in this study. The findings demonstrate that the quality-of-life subscale with the highest score was spiritual well-being (6.66 ± 2.07) and the lowest was psychological well-being (4.91 ± 1.93). No significant difference was found between quality of life and type of facility attended. Significant differences were found in quality-of-life ratings between breast cancer patient and breast cancer survivor populations.

Conclusion: Breast cancer can result in a compromised quality of life, and with the increased prevalence and survival rate of breast cancer patients, both the short- and long-term effects of the condition and its treatments are heightened.

南非某市女性乳腺癌患者和幸存者的生活质量。
背景:乳腺癌的诊断和治疗过程会影响患者的身心健康,甚至在接受治疗多年后仍会影响其生活质量:本研究旨在确定南非女性乳腺癌患者和幸存者的生活质量。本研究的参与者被招募到南非豪登省的埃库尔胡莱尼市:本研究采用横断面研究设计,收集定量数据。收集定量数据:采用生活质量患者/癌症幸存者版本(2012 年)来确定参与者在身体、心理、社交和精神四个分量表中的生活质量。参与者可通过在线谷歌表格平台获取问卷,也可在当地医疗机构获取硬拷贝形式的问卷。统计结果采用社会科学统计软件包(SPSS)进行计算,显著性水平设定为 95%(P 结果):来自南非埃库尔胡莱尼地区的 100 名女性乳腺癌患者和幸存者参加了此次研究。研究结果表明,生活质量分量表中得分最高的是精神幸福感(6.66 ± 2.07),最低的是心理幸福感(4.91 ± 1.93)。生活质量与就医机构类型之间没有发现明显差异。乳腺癌患者和乳腺癌幸存者的生活质量评分存在明显差异:结论:乳腺癌可导致生活质量下降,随着乳腺癌发病率和存活率的增加,乳腺癌及其治疗的短期和长期影响也随之增加。
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CiteScore
5.10
自引率
3.40%
发文量
22
审稿时长
8 weeks
期刊介绍: Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research is an international, open access, peer-reviewed, journal which considers manuscripts on all areas of breast cancer research and treatment. We welcome original research, short notes, case studies and review articles related to breast cancer-related research. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to, breast cancer sub types, pathobiology, metastasis, genetics and epigenetics, mammary gland biology, breast cancer models, prevention, detection, therapy and clinical interventions, and epidemiology and population genetics.
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