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Quality of Life and Related Factors Among the Women Undergoing Mastectomy



Musarezaie A1 ; Zarghamboroujeni A2
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  1. 1. Department of Adult Health Nursing, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research Published:2015

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Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and 81% of therapeutic surgery performed for breast cancer in Iran is mastectomy. Following mastectomy, the patients suffer from many problems which lead to several disorders and decrease in their quality of life (QOL). Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 105 breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy, selected with a convenient sampling method. A questionnaire containing three parts was used to collect data. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 14 using descriptive and analytical statistical methods. Results: Spearman test showed that there was a statistically signifi cant relationship between QOL and education level and also fatigue. Moreover, Spearman test indicated a statistically signifi cant correlation between age and the mental dimension of QOL. There was no signifi cant relationship between QOL with marital and employment status. Conclusions: Based on the fi ndings, we can suggest that nurses should be educated about the factors affecting QOL. They can receive the necessary knowledge in various areas such as meeting the patients, optimum management of patientsa problems, improvement of their health, and fi nally help to increase the cancer patientsa QOL. © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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