Quality of Life (QoL) of cancer patients and its association with nutritional and performance status: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality of Life (QoL), for long, has been a multifactorial concerning issue in oncology. The aim of this study was to determine QoL of cancer patients and its association with nutrition, and performance status.

Methodology

This was a hospital based cross-sectional study carried out at 2 cancer centers and one tertiary level hospital in Dhaka city during the months of July to December, 2019. Data was collected through structured interviews and analyzed by SPSS-25 statistical package software.

Results

Among 279 participants, 14(5.02%) had high QoL, 35(12.54%) had average QoL, 150(53.76%) had low QoL, and remaining 80(28.67%) had very low QoL. The prevalence of severe malnutrition was 12.5% and 43.7% of patients had poor performance status. A statistically sig

SUBMITTER: Alam MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7586095 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature