TY - JOUR
TI - How breast cancer treatments affect the quality of life of women with non-metastatic breast cancer one year after surgical treatment: A cross-sectional study in Greece
AU - Yfantis, A.
AU - Sarafis, P.
AU - Moisoglou, I.
AU - Tolia, M.
AU - Intas, G.
AU - Tiniakou, I.
AU - Zografos, K.
AU - Zografos, G.
AU - Constantinou, M.
AU - Nikolentzos, A.
AU - Kontos, M.
JO - BMC Surgery
PY - 2020
VL - 20
TODO - 1
SP - null
PB - BioMed Central Ltd.
SN - 1471-2482
TODO - 10.1186/s12893-020-00871-z
TODO - adolescent;  adult;  affect;  aged;  breast tumor;  cancer survivor;  complication;  cross-sectional study;  female;  Greece;  human;  mastectomy;  middle aged;  psychology;  quality of life;  questionnaire;  reproducibility;  young adult, Adolescent;  Adult;  Affect;  Aged;  Breast Neoplasms;  Cancer Survivors;  Cross-Sectional Studies;  Female;  Greece;  Humans;  Mastectomy;  Middle Aged;  Quality of Life;  Reproducibility of Results;  Surveys and Questionnaires;  Women;  Young Adult
TODO - Background: The continuously increasing survivorship of female breast cancer makes the monitoring and improvement of patients' quality of life ever so important. While globally there is a growing body of research on health-related quality of life 1 year after surgical treatment for non-metastatic breast cancer, up-to-date information regarding Greek patients is scarce. Objective: To measure the level of QoL of non-metastatic BC survivors in Greece 1 year after surgery. Methods: A sample of 200 female breast cancer survivors aged 18 to 75, who followed up as outpatients in five public hospitals were included in this cross-sectional study. All recruited patients agreed to participate in the study (100% response rate). Quality of life data were collected through the EORTC QLQ-C30 as well as BR23 questionnaires. Results: Cronbach's alpha for all scales of the two questionnaires was from 0.551 to 0.936 indicating very good reliability. According to the Multiple Linear Regression, older patients showed a lower future perspective (p =.031), with those living in rural areas, which was associated with more financial difficulties (p =.001). Women with tertiary education and those who had been hospitalized in a university hospital recorded better on global health status (p =.003 and.000 respectively). Patients who underwent chemotherapy reported better scores in the emotional function sub-scale (p =.025). Women with reconstruction and at least one complication appeared to have significantly better scores in future perspective and social function (p =.005,.002 respectively). Conclusions: Breast cancer survivors were found to have an overall good quality of life, functioning/symptoms scores and were satisfied with the provided care. © 2020 The Author(s).
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