Quality of life among cervical cancer patients following completion of chemoradiotherapy at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMvunta, David H.
dc.contributor.authorAugust, Furaha
dc.contributor.authorDharsee, Nazima
dc.contributor.authorMvunta, Miriam H.
dc.contributor.authorWangwe, Peter
dc.contributor.authorNgarina, Matilda
dc.contributor.authorSimba, Brenda M.
dc.contributor.authorKidanto, Hussein
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-27T18:14:31Z
dc.date.available2023-02-27T18:14:31Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-27
dc.description.abstractObjective: Effective cancer treatment involves aggressive chemo-radiotherapy protocols that alter survivors’ quality of life (QOL). This has recently aroused the attention not only to focus on clinical care but rather to be holistic and client-centered, looking beyond morbidity and mortality. The study assessed the QOL and associated factors among patients with cervical cancer (CC) after the completion of chemoradiotherapy. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) from September to November 2020. A total of 323 CC patients were interviewed with a structured questionnaire of QOL, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), and its cervical cancer module (EORTC QLQ-CX24). The QOL domains, socio-demographic and clinical variables were analyzed with Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis on SPSS version 23, and a P < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: More than half (54.8%) of the CC patients had a good overall QOL. Overall, QOL was affected by education (P = 0.019), smoking (0.044), sexual partner (P = 0.000), treatment modality (P = 0.018), and time since completion of treatment (P = 0.021). Patients who underwent external beam radiation suffered from significant side effect symptoms (P < 0.05) while those who underwent combined external beam radiation and brachytherapy had higher functioning in most domains (P < 0.05). Conclusions: A significant improvement in QOL was observed after chemoradiotherapy and was affected by socio-demographic and clinical variables. Thus, calls for individualized care in addressing these distressing symptoms.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMvunta, D. H., August, F., Dharsee, N., Mvunta, M. H., Wangwe, P., Ngarina, M., Simba, B. M., & Kidanto, H. (2022). Quality of life among cervical cancer patients following completion of chemoradiotherapy at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Tanzania. BMC women's health, 22(1), 426. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-02003-6en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.1186/s12905-022-02003-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14041/5867
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBMC Women's Healthen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectQuality of Lifeen_US
dc.subjectCervical Cancer Survivalen_US
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Analytical Studyen_US
dc.subjectOcean Road Cancer Instituteen_US
dc.titleQuality of life among cervical cancer patients following completion of chemoradiotherapy at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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