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Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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312
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
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Abstract - #308093 |
Title:
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An Assessment of Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Survivors in Punjab Using Ordinal Regression
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Author(s):
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Shahid Kamal*+ and Ghausia Masood Gilani and Rehan Ahmad Khan and Afza Rasul
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Companies:
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University of the Punjab and University of the Punjab and University of the Punjab and University of the Punjab
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Address:
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CSAS University of the punjab, new campus , lahore, 56000, Pakistan
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Keywords:
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Breast Cancer ;
Quality of life ;
Physical,psychological ;
phychosocial ;
Spiritual well being ;
ordinal regression
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Abstract:
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Assessment of Quality of Life for the survivors of chronic diseases is considered an important outcome for understating their well-beings and for implementation of best treatment options. Such assessments are usually taken by a number of items covering all dimensions of Quality of life relative to the disease. The main objective of the study was to assess the well-beings (physical, social, psychological and spirituals) and QOL of the females' breast cancer survivors and to determine the factors effecting well-beings and QOL of Pakistani breast cancer survivors females. Methods: 716 female breast cancer survivors registered at INMOL hospital, one major cancer hospital of Punjab located at Lahore, were interviewed for this study. Results:. Physical well-being, social adjustment, psychological satisfaction, spiritual well-being and quality of life no one improved with the time since breast
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