Correlation between distress and quality of life in patients with breast cancer after chemotherapy
LI Fei
YANG Yang
LI Wen
CHENG Huaidong
CHEN Zhendong
Abstract：Objective To explore the relationship among the different degrees of distress and quality of life scores in breast cancer patients after chemotherapy. Methods From March 2015 to March 2016, 60 breast cancer patients received 6 cycles of stand?ard chemotherapy in our hospital were evaluated by distress thermometer ( DT) and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy?Breast ( FACT?B) . Depending on whether the DT≥4, patients were divided into high and low groups. The scores of quality of life were com?pared between both groups. The correlation of distress and quality of life were analyzed. Results Sixty patients completed the question?naire. The average FACT?B score was 124?3±11?2 in DT low group, while 89?5±15?6 in DT high group, and the difference between the two groups was significant ( t=10?06, P<0?05) . There was a negative correlation between the DT score and FACT?B score signifi?cantly ( r=-0?949,P<0?05) . Conclusion Patients with breast cancer present different degree of psychological distress after chemo?therapy, and the distress scores is closely related to quality of life.
Keywords：Breast cancerDistressQuality of life
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 814-817 )