Quality of life of the cancer patients receiving home-based palliative care in Dhaka city of Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The concept of home-based palliative care has been recently introduced in Bangladesh, but the patients' quality of life remains unexplored. This study aimed to assess the quality of life and its determinants of the cancer patients receiving home-based palliative care in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted among 51 surviving cancer patients above 18 years registered under the home-based care service of the Department of Palliative Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Data was collected by face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire based on the "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative (FACIT-Pal)" questionnaire from February to March 2019. Descriptive analysis was d

SUBMITTER: Biswas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9337698 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature