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Abstract
Background: Cancer patients experience deterioration in their functional status and it is regarded as an important cancer patient outcome metric.
Objectives: (1) To assess the functional status of cancer patients of West Tripura District using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Scale. (2) To study the sociodemographic factors associated with functional status of cancer patients. (3) To study the disease-related factors associated with functional status of cancer patients.
Materials and methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional study conducted among 180 randomly selected cancer patients (≥18 years of age) in West Tripura District. The functional status was assessed using ECOG performance status scale.
Results: The study highlighted that majority of the participants were in the age group of 55-64 years (40.0%), had squamous cell carcinoma (59.40%), and TNM Stage II of cancer (34%). Bivariate analysis showed that age, religion, caste, body mass index, blood pressure, site of cancer, pathological type of cancer, and TNM staging were significantly associated with functional status of cancer patients (P < 0.05). Multiple logistic regression showed factors such as religion, caste, site of cancer, pathological type of cancer, and TNM staging of cancer patients significantly affected the functional status in cancer patients (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: The current study highlighted that majority of the cancer patients had poor functional status with site, type, and TNM staging of the cancer significantly affecting the functional status. Hence, targeted interventions with palliative care should be more focused on certain types and advanced stages of the disease to enhance functional performance and health outcomes.
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Indian Journal of Public Health is a peer-reviewed international journal published Quarterly by the Indian Public Health Association. It is indexed / abstracted by the major international indexing systems like Index Medicus/MEDLINE, SCOPUS, PUBMED, etc. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles. The Indian Journal of Public Health publishes articles of authors from India and abroad with special emphasis on original research findings that are relevant for developing country perspectives including India. The journal considers publication of articles as original article, review article, special article, brief research article, CME / Education forum, commentary, letters to editor, case series reports, etc. The journal covers population based studies, impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation, systematic review, meta-analysis, clinic-social studies etc., related to any domain and discipline of public health, specially relevant to national priorities, including ethical and social issues. Articles aligned with national health issues and policy implications are prefered.
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