Quality Of Life Of Patients With Breast And Gynecological Cancer Faced With Anticancer Chemotherapy

Quality of life of patients with breast and gynecological cancer faced with anticancer chemotherapy\ud Backgroud: the evaluation of quality of life in cancer patients is of interest to researchers due to its impact on health policies. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of patients with breast and gynecological cancer, undergoing chemotherapy.\ud Methods and Findings: this was a quantitative, descriptive and longitudinal study, conducted in the Clinical Hospital of the Triangulo Mineiro Federal University. To assess the quality of life, the Portuguese brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument was applied. The paired Student’s t-test was used for the analysis of the means of/ the scores of the domains. The study included 14 women. The lowest means were observed in the physical domain, 51.78±15.89 and 50.25±15.37, respectively before and after treatment. There was also a compromise of the psychological and environment domains, however, the data analyzed did not show statistical significance. The main limitation of this study is the sample size.\ud Conclusion: quality of life presents itself as an important factor for the measurement of results in clinical studies.\udKeywords: Quality of Life; Breast Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms, Females; Chemotherapy