Abstract
Very few studies have assessed the quality of life (QoL) of patients living with breast cancer in a resource-poor setting like Nigeria. The aim of our study was to comprehensively examine the measures of QoL in breast cancer patients using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B) version 4 in order to deepen the literature on QoL among breast cancer patients to include non-Western/northern patient populations. Purposive sampling of stable patients who attended general surgery clinics with histopathologically diagnosed breast cancer was done. Eligible patients were assessed using five domains of the FACT-B questionnaire including: the breast cancer-specific symptoms (BCS), emotional well-being (EWB), functional well-being (FWB), physical well-being (PWB), and social & family well-being (SWB). The questionnaire was administered in a face-to-face interview by trained research assistants. In addition, the five domains were compared among three different age categories, pre-menopausal and post-menopausal, and patients who have had surgery and chemotherapy alone. The SPSS (IBM Corp. Released in 2011. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 20.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) and the Microsoft Excel (11. Corporation Micro...Continue Reading
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