Assess and Evaluation the Quality Of Life (Qol) Among Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment by Using EORTC QLQ-30 Scale

Abstract

Background: Cancer is a challenge for majority of population’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL), This study aimed to analyze the impact of clinical characteristics and social determinants of health on the QoL of a cohort of persons diagnosed and/or treated for cancer. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study in a cohort of 155 with various stages of cancer at different stages of their disease. Data were obtained using questionnaires QLQ-C30 from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), which include a set of functional and symp-tomatic scales. Results: Out of 155 subjects, large proportion were diagnosed with Oral cancer 67(43.2%) and Breast cancer 23(14.8%). The mean of global health status/QoL was 52.34 (SD= 23.34). Quality of life was significantly associated with some functional scales as role functioning (P≤0.001), social function, (P=0.00), and symptom scales as pain (P=0.00), loss of appetite (P=0.004) and financial impact (P=0.02) as well as associations were noted in relation to socio demographic characteristics. The highest functional status was cognitive functioning (54.58±27.68). Conclusions: The cancer diagnosis has become more prevalent and carries significant changes to the method of living with physical and emotional changes in term of quality of life (QoL) because of incon-venience, torment, disfigurement, reliance and loss of confidence.