Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia

Background: Treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC) may result in a variety of long term consequences that impair their health and quality of life (QoL). HNC patients often are prone to have a poor health related QoL due to significant changes in vital functions. Despite researches being done in...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Ludin, Salizar, Che Abdullah, Che Azunie, Abdullah, Kahairi
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	University of Indonesia 2018
Subjects:	RC82 Medical Emergencies, Critical Care, Intensive Care, First Aid RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-661032018-10-03T04:02:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66103/ Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia Mohamed Ludin, Salizar Che Abdullah, Che Azunie Abdullah, Kahairi RC82 Medical Emergencies, Critical Care, Intensive Care, First Aid RT Nursing Background: Treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC) may result in a variety of long term consequences that impair their health and quality of life (QoL). HNC patients often are prone to have a poor health related QoL due to significant changes in vital functions. Despite researches being done in the area cancer survivors’ QoL internationally, those done locally were relatively scares and not clear. The study aim to determine and compares the pre and post treatments QoL in HNC patients. Methods: A cohort study was carried out to recruit 81 newly diagnosed HNC patients purposively; pre and six months post treatment using QoL Cancer Survivor and Questionnaire-Head &Neck 35 questionnaires. .Data was analyzed for descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: A total of 40 (50%) patients participated and the result shows that QoL of HNC patients were at medium level (6.22 ± 1.8) pre-treatment, and however reduced (4.84 ± 1.16) at 6 months post treatment), despite the symptoms or problems that occur reduced post treatment compared (1.58 ± 1.25). The Pearson coefficient correlation test result shows that QoL of HNC patients pre and post treatment were strong but negatively correlated (r = -0.447, p = 0.002). Conclusion: Understanding of QoL and affecting factors in HNC patients’ QoL is very crucial as it may potentially assist in designing interventions that lessen the adverse impact of this disease process and more accurately support those in active treatment, survivors, and caregivers. University of Indonesia 2018-08-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66103/1/66103_Quality%20of%20Life%20in%20Pre-%20and%20Post-Treatment.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66103/7/66103_Quality%20of%20life%20in%20pre-%20and%20post-treatment%20among%20head%20and%20neck%20cancer_WoS.pdf Mohamed Ludin, Salizar and Che Abdullah, Che Azunie and Abdullah, Kahairi (2018) Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia. Makara Journal of Health Research, 22 (2). pp. 80-87. ISSN 2356-3664 E-ISSN 2356-3656 http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/health/article/view/9267/pdf 10.7454/msk.v22i2.9267
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description	Background: Treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC) may result in a variety of long term consequences that impair their health and quality of life (QoL). HNC patients often are prone to have a poor health related QoL due to significant changes in vital functions. Despite researches being done in the area cancer survivors’ QoL internationally, those done locally were relatively scares and not clear. The study aim to determine and compares the pre and post treatments QoL in HNC patients. Methods: A cohort study was carried out to recruit 81 newly diagnosed HNC patients purposively; pre and six months post treatment using QoL Cancer Survivor and Questionnaire-Head &Neck 35 questionnaires. .Data was analyzed for descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: A total of 40 (50%) patients participated and the result shows that QoL of HNC patients were at medium level (6.22 ± 1.8) pre-treatment, and however reduced (4.84 ± 1.16) at 6 months post treatment), despite the symptoms or problems that occur reduced post treatment compared (1.58 ± 1.25). The Pearson coefficient correlation test result shows that QoL of HNC patients pre and post treatment were strong but negatively correlated (r = -0.447, p = 0.002). Conclusion: Understanding of QoL and affecting factors in HNC patients’ QoL is very crucial as it may potentially assist in designing interventions that lessen the adverse impact of this disease process and more accurately support those in active treatment, survivors, and caregivers.
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author	Mohamed Ludin, Salizar Che Abdullah, Che Azunie Abdullah, Kahairi
author_facet	Mohamed Ludin, Salizar Che Abdullah, Che Azunie Abdullah, Kahairi
author_sort	Mohamed Ludin, Salizar
title	Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia
title_short	Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia
title_full	Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia
title_sort	quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, malaysia
publisher	University of Indonesia
publishDate	2018
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Quality of life in pre- and post-treatment among head and neck cancer survivors at a tertiary centre, Malaysia

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