Evaluation of the quality of life in patients with uterine cervical cancer using a holistic psychological and medical approach

Assessment of quality of life requires a multidimensional measurement of health and wellness, as reported by the patient. The central objective of this research was to capture the phenomenon of impact on cancer diagnosis; disease and treatment have on physical and emotional status of patients with cervical cancer. The study was realized on a group of 70 patients diagnosed with this disease, aged 25-55 years and from different intellectual categories both in rural and urban. We used an experimental design of type 2 (early disease stage/advanced) x 5 (surgical therapeutic method / surgery with radiotherapy/surgery with chemotherapy/surgery with radiotherapy and chemotherapy/palliative) x 2 (low therapeutic compliance/high) x 2 (low depression/high). As data collection instruments were used histopathological examinations and psychological tests (to measure quality of life SF-36 test and test sensory and affective pain McGill and independent variables Beck Depression Scale and IPQ-R), and to verify hypotheses T test for independent samples and comparing Univariate ANOVA. The results showed the importance of emotional state on the development of cancer disease and its quality of life.