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Quality of Life of the Breast Cancer Survivors Who Had Undergone Mastectomy
Abstract
Objectives of the study: 1. To assess the quality of life in breast cancer survivors who have undergone mastectomy. 2. To determine association between the quality of life and baseline variables of breast cancer survivors who have undergone mastectomy. 3. To prepare and validate an information booklet to improve the quality of life. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional design was used for the study. The data was collected from 60 breast cancer survivors who had undergone mastectomy. Modified Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivor’s Scale was used to collect the data.
Results: The findings of the study showed that 66.6% of breast cancer survivors had good quality of life and 33.3% had neither good nor poor quality of life. There was a significant association of the quality of life of the breast cancer survivors and their education (p=0.008), and occupation (p=.001).
Conclusion: Even if majority of the subjects were having good quality of life, some symptoms were prevalent. The diagnosis and treatment of these problems will further help the breast cancer survivors to lead a better quality of life.
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