Background: people with cancer experience great changes in their life as a result of disease, treatment and disease prognosis which affect their quality of life .with the goal of investigating breast cancer patient's quality of life during chemother
apy in Tishreen hospital in Latakia..
Methods: 60 patients were invited to complete the European organization of research and treatment quality of life questionnaire version 3 and breast cancer quality of life module during their early stage of chemotherapy.
Results : the results show that the (73.3%) were under the age of fifty and half of them reported total health status score under (50) which reflects low quality of life in addition to impaired psychological ,social, cognitive and role functioning. Also more than 67% of patient suffered from chemotherapy- related side effects as nausea and vomiting, dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, and fatigue. In addition to variance in quality of life scores according to age, marital status, occupation and level of education without changing of it by educational level. In addition to that the majority of patient had impaired sexual function and upset of hair loss and arm symptoms but with positive and optimistic future.
perspective. No significant differences in quality of life scores were found between urban and rural patients. Conclusion. Health care provider should assess routinely cancer patient quality of life during treatment to ascertain of providing appropriate care with supportive services for all patients
The current research aims to identify the self-esteem and its relationship to the quality of life among the students of sections of psychology and psychological counseling in the College of Education at the University of Damascus, according to the va
riables of gender (male, female), and a course of study (psychology, psychological counseling (to identify the relationship between self-esteem and quality life in a sample search I have been using a measure of the quality of life for the students of the University of preparation (and forgotten Kazim 2006) and a measure of self-esteem, Dr. preparation (fruit Jaafar 2007). The number of members of the sample as a whole (100), including 50 of the students in the Department of Psychology and (50) students in the Department of Psychological Guidance. The study found the following results:
1- No correlation statistically significant differences between the quality of life and self-esteem among the members of the research sample.
2- There were no differences by sex in the quality of life.
3- There are no differences depending on the specialization course in quality of life.
4- There were no differences by sex in self-esteem.
5- There are no differences depending on the specialization course in self-esteem.
In spite of all the advances in health care and medical technology,
provision of quality health care to cancer patients remains one of the
major challenges that health care professionals have to face in the
next years.
this study was conducted to
assess the effect of nursing care on
breast cancer patients quality of life at homes.
by using quazi-experimental design 80 breast cancer patients were
selected (40 experimental group ,40 control group) receiving
chemotherapy recently. Experimental group patients received
supportive psycho-educational interventions consisted of education,
progressive muscle relaxation technique with four supportive range
of motion exercises in addition to emotional support for three
months. While control group patients received routine nursing care
in hospital. The results were assessed for both groups by using
European organization for cancer research and treatment quality of
life questionnaire (EOCRT-QLQ C30) and breast cancer module.
the appearance of one’s hair is central to feelings of attractiveness and selfesteem
for many, so the disturbance in this appearance will reflect upon the psychosocial aspects of the
patient and thus on the quality of his life. The androgenetic alo
pecia (male pattern baldness) is the most
common cause of hair loss in men, as it affects about 50% of adult men, so it may be considered the
biggest threat in this aspect, but there are no epidemiological studies that study the actual effect of
androgenetic alopecia on the quality of life of the patients in Syria.
study the effect of the androgenetic alopecia on quality of life of the Syrian male patients.
Assessment of quality of life after surgical treatment in breast surgery patients,
and comparing quality of life between quadrantectomy and modified radical mastectomy for invasive
ductal carcinoma measuring 40 mm or less.
The research aims to identify the impact of quality of life among
workers in state special education institutes in the degree of job
satisfaction, and the disclosure of the differences they have in the
quality of life and the degree of job satisfa
ction, according to the
variable years of experience, reaching the research sample size
(193) factor and running, selected sample intended manner of
government special education institutes in the province of
Damascus, and dish them scale quality of life and job satisfaction
(the researcher), and after of validity and reliability.
The study aimed to identify the relationship between social
support and quality of life in a sample of teenagers with physical
disabilities in Damascus governorate level, and know of the
differences in their social support and quality of life, acc
ording to two
variables (sex and age). The study sample consisted of 112 students
from physical disabilities Adolescents were selected purposely from
government special education centers, and applied to them two Tools
social support and quality of life, and are prepared by the researcher
after verifying of validity and reliability.
