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Activity Number: 312
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Abstract - #308093
Title: An Assessment of Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Survivors in Punjab Using Ordinal Regression
Author(s): Shahid Kamal*+ and Ghausia Masood Gilani and Rehan Ahmad Khan and Afza Rasul
Companies: University of the Punjab and University of the Punjab and University of the Punjab and University of the Punjab
Address: CSAS University of the punjab, new campus , lahore, 56000, Pakistan
Keywords: Breast Cancer ; Quality of life ; Physical,psychological ; phychosocial ; Spiritual well being ; ordinal regression
Abstract:

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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