Perceived needs and health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Women with breast cancer have different needs that are various in perceived importance and satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the relationship among perceived needs satisfaction, perceived needs importance with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with breast cancer and determine the intermediary role of perceived needs importance in the relationship between perceived needs satisfaction and HRQoL.

Design

Cross-sectional design.

Setting

Two tertiary level hospitals in Shaanxi Province, China.

Participants

Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer were recruited.

Outcome measures

The Needs Self-Rating Questionnaire for Breast Cancer and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey V. 2.0 were used for data collect

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660601 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature