The relationship of out-of-pocket expenses to quality of life and disease coping in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) Pub Date : 2025-03-31 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1806-9282.20241349

Yasemin Özyer Güvener, Zeliha Koç

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Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the relationship of out-of-pocket expenses to quality of life and disease coping in breast cancer patients receiving outpatient treatment in a chemotherapy unit.

Methods: This was a descriptive and correlational survey study. The sample of the study consisted of 322 breast cancer patients. An embedded mixed design, in which quantitative and qualitative research methods are employed together, was used in the research. Quantitative data were collected using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast and the Coping and Adaptation Processing Scale.

Results: After the qualitative interviews held with the patients, it was determined that the diagnosis and treatment of cancer affected the patients physically, mentally, socially, and economically, they spent out-of-pocket, and these expenses affected their quality of life.

Conclusion: It can be said that the out-of-pocket expenses of breast cancer patients during the chemotherapy treatment affected their quality of life, disease coping, and adaptation.

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目的：探讨在某化疗单位接受门诊治疗的乳腺癌患者自付费用与生活质量和疾病应对的关系。方法：采用描述性、相关性调查研究。这项研究的样本包括322名乳腺癌患者。采用了定量和定性研究相结合的嵌入式混合设计方法。采用肿瘤治疗-乳腺功能评估和应对与适应加工量表收集定量数据。结果：通过对患者进行定性访谈，确定癌症的诊断和治疗对患者的身体、心理、社会和经济产生影响，患者自费，这些费用影响患者的生活质量。结论：可以说，乳腺癌患者在化疗期间的自付费用影响了其生活质量、疾病应对和适应能力。

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