Evaluation of quality of life of gastrointestinal cancer patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

Evaluation of quality of life of gastrointestinal cancer patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

Quality of life (QOL) appraisal is a meaningful method of outcomes assessment in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. The aim of our study was to evaluate QOL of patients suffering from GI cancer, who underwent treatment at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan. It was a cros...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecancermedicalscience 2023, Vol.17, p.1527-1527
Hauptverfasser: Siddiqui, Muhammad Tayyab H, Khan, Muhammad Rizwan, Jawaid, Adnan, Shaukat, Fatima, Zahid, Nida
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Sprache:eng
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Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Chemotherapy
Colorectal cancer
Constipation
Dyspnea
Fatigue
Gastrointestinal cancer
Multivariate analysis
Nausea
Ostomy
Patients
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Surgery
Variables
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Zusammenfassung:Quality of life (QOL) appraisal is a meaningful method of outcomes assessment in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. The aim of our study was to evaluate QOL of patients suffering from GI cancer, who underwent treatment at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan. It was a cross-sectional study. A total of 158 adults from December 2020 to May 2021 were included in the study. The EORTC QLQ-C30, validated in Urdu (Pakistan) version, was used to assess the QOL of the participants. Mean QOL scores were calculated and compared with threshold of clinical importance (TCI). Multivariate analysis was done to analyse the correlation between independent factors and QOL scores. A p value of
ISSN:1754-6605
1754-6605
DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2023.1527