Health Quality of Life Related to Cancer Patients’ Health Under Palliative Care

Authors

  • Cintia Rachel Gomes Sales Centro Universitário da Grande Dourados
  • José Carlos Rosa Pires Universidade Católica Dom Bosco
  • Idalina Cristina Ferrari Júlio Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9060.v10i0p121-130

Keywords:

Quality of life. Oncology. Palliative Care.

Abstract

This paperwork discusses the main results of the Health Psychology Master Degree Dissertation of Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB) concluded in 2012, which aimed to assess the health quality of life of cancer patients under palliative care. This is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, approved by the Ethics Research Department of (UCDB) in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. The sample consisted of 70 participants who underwent palliative monitoring care at the Cancer Hospital in Dourados/MS. Two instruments were applied to collect data: a Social Demographic Occupational Questionnaire and a specific instrument to assess the health quality of life in Oncology the EORTC QLQ – C30. The results showed that a target identification of domains, when related to Social Demographic Occupational variability, may favor the assistance interventions that the multidisciplinary team offers to cope with the disease and side effects of cancer treatment in order to improve those individuals health quality of life.

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Published

2013-11-27

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Health Quality of Life Related to Cancer Patients’ Health Under Palliative Care. (2013). Revista De Cultura E Extensão USP, 10, 121-130. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9060.v10i0p121-130