Predictors and quality of life in patients with radiodermatitis: a longitudinal study

Objective: To analyze sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic predictors and quality of life in patients with radiodermatitis. Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted with 196 participants who developed skin reactions as an adverse event to radiotherapy treatment. A form was used for clini...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta paulista de enfermagem 2021-06, Vol.34, Article 01063
Hauptverfasser:	Rocha, Daniel de Macedo, Pedrosa, Aliny de Oliveira, de Oliveira, Aline Costa, Avelino Vasconcelos Benicio, Claudia Daniella, Ribeiro dos Santos, Ana Maria, Nogueira, Lidya Tolstenko
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing Science & Technology
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: To analyze sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic predictors and quality of life in patients with radiodermatitis. Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted with 196 participants who developed skin reactions as an adverse event to radiotherapy treatment. A form was used for clinical characterization and evaluation, and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core30 instrument was used for measuring the quality of life in two stages. Data analysis consisted of the Wilcoxon, MannWhitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, considering a statistically significant difference for p
ISSN:	0103-2100 1982-0194
DOI:	10.37689/acta-ape/2021AO01063