Relación entre satisfacción usuaria y calidad de vida en mujeres con cáncer de mama en quimioterapia

Abstract

Introduction: In Chile, the survival of women with breast cancer has increased. Also, the evaluation of the quality of life (QoL) and patient satisfaction (PS) are determinants in the impact of the disease and treatment, in areas such as the general, physical, psychological, emotional and sexual well-being of the users. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between the QoL and the PS of the care in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy treatment (CT) of the Hospital de La Serena. Material and methods: Analytical cross-sectional study of 41 women undergoing intravenous CT (2nd cycle). Instruments for PS (Worthing Chemotherapy Satisfaction Questionnaire) and QoL (EORTC QLQ C-30 and BR23). Results: Average age 52.7 ± 12.5 years, the most frequent CT was paclitaxel with 65.9%. The 53.7% of the users expressed satisfaction with health care and 73.2% rated their QoL as "good", except the areas of sexual functioning (21.9%) and sexual enjoyment (19.5%). A relationship was found in the total scores between QoL and PS (Pearson correlation r2 = 0.459 p-value = 0.003), the multivariate analysis reaffirms this relationship after controlling for age, place of residence and cancer stage, OR = 34 (95% CI 2.2-531.7). Conclusion: The QoL is directly related to the levels of PS, finding that the areas of the QoL with lower scores were sexual functioning and sexual enjoyment.