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Pavlos Sarafis
Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Nursing
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Background: The continuously increasing survivorship of female breast cancer makes the monitoring and improvement of patients’ quality of life ever so important. While globally there is a growing body of research on health-related quality of life one year after surgical treatment for non-metastatic breast cancer, up-to-date information regarding Greek patients is scarce.
Objective: To measure the level of QoL of non-metastatic BC survivors in Greece 1 year after surgery.
Methods: A sample of 200 female breast cancer survivors aged 18 to 75, who followed up as outpatients in five public hospitals were included in this cross-sectional study. All recruited patients agreed to participate in the study (100% response rate). Quality of life data were collected through the EORTC QLQ-C30 as well as BR23 questionnaires.
Results: Cronbach’s alpha for all scales of the two questionnaires was from 0.551 to 0.936 indicating very good reliability. According to the Multiple Linear Regression, older patients showed a lower future perspective (p= .031), with those living in rural areas, which was associated with more financial difficulties (p= .001). Women with tertiary education and those who had been hospitalized in a university hospital recorded better on global health status (p= .003 and .000 respectively). Patients who underwent chemotherapy reported better scores in the emotional function sub-scale (p= .025). Women with reconstruction and at least one complication appeared to have significantly better scores in future perspective and social function (p= .005, .002 respectively).
Conclusions: Breast cancer survivors were found to have an overall good quality of life, functioning/symptoms scores and were satisfied with the provided care.
Keywords
Adjuvant therapy, breast cancer, care, quality of life, surgery
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Pavlos Sarafis
Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Nursing
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Editorial decision: Accept
On 11 Sep, 2020
Editor assigned
On 08 Sep, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 07 Sep, 2020
Editor invited
On 07 Sep, 2020
Version 1
Posted 12 Aug, 2020
No comments provided
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 28 Aug, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 27 Aug, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 27 Aug, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 26 Aug, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 20 Aug, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 15 Aug, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 11 Aug, 2020
Editor invited
On 11 Aug, 2020
Editor assigned
On 11 Aug, 2020
First submitted
On 30 Jul, 2020
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View the published article at BMC Surgery.
Background: The continuously increasing survivorship of female breast cancer makes the monitoring and improvement of patients’ quality of life ever so important. While globally there is a growing body of research on health-related quality of life one year after surgical treatment for non-metastatic breast cancer, up-to-date information regarding Greek patients is scarce.
Objective: To measure the level of QoL of non-metastatic BC survivors in Greece 1 year after surgery.
Methods: A sample of 200 female breast cancer survivors aged 18 to 75, who followed up as outpatients in five public hospitals were included in this cross-sectional study. All recruited patients agreed to participate in the study (100% response rate). Quality of life data were collected through the EORTC QLQ-C30 as well as BR23 questionnaires.
Results: Cronbach’s alpha for all scales of the two questionnaires was from 0.551 to 0.936 indicating very good reliability. According to the Multiple Linear Regression, older patients showed a lower future perspective (p= .031), with those living in rural areas, which was associated with more financial difficulties (p= .001). Women with tertiary education and those who had been hospitalized in a university hospital recorded better on global health status (p= .003 and .000 respectively). Patients who underwent chemotherapy reported better scores in the emotional function sub-scale (p= .025). Women with reconstruction and at least one complication appeared to have significantly better scores in future perspective and social function (p= .005, .002 respectively).
Conclusions: Breast cancer survivors were found to have an overall good quality of life, functioning/symptoms scores and were satisfied with the provided care.
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