Keywords
radiation therapy
cancer
depression
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Abstract
Background. The quality of life is inextricably associated with health. Quality of life at an appropriate level allows you to realize your abilities, cope with stress, efficient and productive work and participation in social life. The assessment of quality of life should be a permanent element of medical supervision, because it allows in some way to analyze the effects of treatment and the degree of return to functioning consistent with the state before the onset of the disease. Objectives. Evaluation of the influence of radiotherapy (ambulatory and 24-hr) on the quality of life of patients. It is related with assessment of age relationship, marital status, education with quality of life. It has been proved that there is a relationship of mood disorders with a decrease in the quality of life of patients undergoing radiation therapy. Material and methods. The general questionnaire for patients with malignant tumors (EORTC QLQ-30) was used to assess the quality of life. In addition, a questionnaire was created containing questions about selected demographic factors. The Beck Depression Scale was used to assess mood disorders. Results. The study included 198 patients treated oncologically, 46 men (23.23%) and 152 women (76.77% of the sample tested). 126 patients were treated in the Department (63.64% of the study participants) and 72 people in the Department (36.36%). The average age of patients included in the study was 57.05 years (± SD = 11.05 years) Conclusions. Mood disorders can be conducive to a significantly deteriorated assessment of the quality of life – in order not to distort the results of the assessment of the quality of life of oncological patients, the effect of affective disorders should be included in the analysis. The QLQ-C30 questionnaire meets credibility on the Polish society, as evidenced by the high coefficient of Cronbach’s reliability in the subgroups. There were no significant correlations between gender, age, education and the test QLQ-C30.References
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