Change trend of quality of life of breast cancer patients during chemotherapy and its influencing factors
Abstract：Objective:To study the change track of postoperative quality of life(QOL)of patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy and to probe into the influence factors in every course.Methods:The Anderson Symptoms Survey Scale,Hospital Anxiety Depression scale(HADs)and Measurement Scale of Quality of Life for patients with Breast Cancer(FACT B)were used to evaluate 174 patients with breast cancer who received TAC(docetaxel,doxorubicin,cyclophosphamide)chemotherapy regimen after operation,then evaluated them af-ter surgery before chemotherapy and five to seven days after every time of chemotherapy.Results:The quality of life score of patients with breast cancer was the lowest(81.2±19.6)after surgery before operation,it was the best after the second time of chemotherapy(94.5±14.4),it hit bottom again after the fourth time and fifth time of chemotherapy,the scores were(82.7±13.9)and (82.6±13.1)respectively,it became better again after the sixth time of chemotherapy(93.9±18.7).In addition,there were different factors influencing the QOL of breast cancer patients in every chemotherapy course.Conclusion:In nursing work,we should pay more attention to the influence factors of the quality of life after the fourth,fifth times of chemotherapy and after surgery before chemotherapy,and to take the intervention measures to improve the quality of life.
Keywords：breast cancerchemotherapyquality of lifechange trendinfluencing factors
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：6( 1566-1571 )