Health related quality of life and its predictive factors on cervical cancer patients in two teaching hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent and the leading cause of cancer related deaths among Ethiopian women; and about three fourth are diagnosed at advanced stages. Cervical cancer can affect the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in multiple ways. The main aim of this study was to descri...

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Published in:BMC women's health 2024-04, Vol.24 (1), p.209-209, Article 209
Main Authors: Seyfu, Daniel Terefe, Abebe, Shiferaw Negash, Haile, Sofanit, Ayana, Birhanu Abera
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body image
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Cervical cancer
Complications and side effects
Education
Ethiopia
Global health
Gynecology
Health aspects
Health-related quality-of-life
Life expectancy
Obstetrics
Oncology
Patients
Predictive factors
Public health
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Radiation therapy
Regression analysis
Self image
Sociodemographics
Surveys
Teaching hospitals
Variables
Variance analysis
Womens health
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Summary:Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent and the leading cause of cancer related deaths among Ethiopian women; and about three fourth are diagnosed at advanced stages. Cervical cancer can affect the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in multiple ways. The main aim of this study was to describe the HRQOL of cervical cancer patients and the predictive factors using validated tools. Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among 264 cervical cancer patients using the validated Amharic version of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) modules; QLQ-C30 and QLQ CX24. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the raw data. One way ANOVA was used to determine the significance of mean differences between the dependent and independent variables. Binary and multivariable regression analysis were used to measure the association between Global Health Status and independent factors. The level of significance was set at p-value 
ISSN:1472-6874
1472-6874
DOI:10.1186/s12905-024-03046-7