SOCIO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL POINTS OF VIEW REGARDING QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY FOR CANCER
SOCIO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL POINTS OF VIEW REGARDING QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY FOR CANCER
Author(s): Ioannis Gardikiotis, Doina Azoicai, Codrin Dobreanu, Ina Petrescu, Andrei Lazar, Alina Manole, Nicolae GhetuSubject(s): Clinical psychology, Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Expert Projects Publishing
Keywords: quality of life; breast reconstruction; breast cancer; mastectomy;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the study is to compare the quality of life (QoL) of mastectomised patients for cancer, who subsequently chose or not breast reconstruction, using the Short Form - 36 (SF-36) Health Survey. The study was carried out during October 2014 - May 2015, on two groups: 23 patients with breast reconstruction, assisted at the University Hospital of Bucharest, compared with 27 patients without reconstruction, assisted in surgical sections of hospitals from the Northern- East area of Romania. The average age of the reconstructed patients was 57.07, compared to 43.91 for those without reconstruction.
Journal: Revista de Cercetare şi Intervenţie Socială
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 52
- Page Range: 92-104
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English