Open AccessLife Quality Index Assessment in Breast Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
Sachin Kumar Srivastava,
Alpana Srivastava,
Sandeep Tiwari,
Anand Mishra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0976-6952
pISSN - 0975-7651
DOI - 10.1007/s13193-019-00923-8
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , surgical oncology , family medicine , social support , cancer , alternative medicine , gerontology , physical therapy , nursing , pathology , psychology , psychotherapist
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in Indian females whether they are from urban or rural area. Quality of life after treatment in BC patients is a very vital issue as its assessment will guide the clinicians, hospital authorities, and administrators to take appropriate steps to improve the delivery of treatment and address the concern. Improvement in QOL should be one of the ultimate aims of treatment in BC. The aim of this review is to collect and examine literature available on QOL in breast cancer patients and define what type of issues or domains should be studied. Four factors including chemotherapy treatment received by the patient, associated comorbidities, social support to patients from family, friends, support groups, and income of family have been found to have a strong association with QOL in BC patients/survivors. QOL assessment should include an instrument which assesses physical health, social health, psychological health, and spiritual health. There are less studies having all above domains so more studies are required for better understanding of QOL issue in BC patients/survivors.