Quality of life of cancer patients at palliative care units in developing countries: systematic review of the published literature.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This systematic review aims to summarize factors that influence the quality of life (QOL) of advanced cancer patients in palliative care (PC) in developing countries. Understanding this context in developing countries milieu is necessary; however, this outcome is rarely reported.

Methods

Following the PRISMA guidelines, the electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science were systematically searched using the search terms: QOL, cancer, PC, and names of all developing countries. Studies with less than ten subjects, qualitative or pilot studies, reviews, conference abstracts, and that reported validation of QOL questionnaires were excluded.

Results

Fifty-five studies from 15 developing countries in the African (n = 5), Latin America and the Cari

SUBMITTER: Gayatri D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7886760 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature