The course of health related quality of life in postmenopausal women with breast cancer from breast surgery and up to five years post-treatment

• Background: Previous studies include too few patients over 70 years to be able to assess treatment effects on Health Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL) in the older age group. We aimed to follow HRQOL in postmenopausal women (55-80 years) with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment, until five years post-treatment, and compare with a general population.Patients and methods: The patient sample included 150 women (adjuvant CT n=75 and RT n=75) and two reference samples from the Swedish SF-36 norm database.Results: Data from baseline showed significantly higher levels of physical functioning and general health among the patients compared to the reference sample, and significantly lower levels of bodily pain, emotional role functioning and mental health. Longitudinal analyses showed significant changes in all scales, and three different patterns (a decrease-stable, a decrease-increase, and a stable- increase pattern) were identified.Conclusion: Postmenopausal women seem to successfully manage the effects of adjuvant treatment on HRQOL. 

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Adjuvant treatment

Breast cancer

HRQOL

Longitudinal

Postmenopausal

SF-36

adult

aged

article

breast surgery

cancer adjuvant therapy

cancer chemotherapy

cancer pain

cancer radiotherapy

controlled study

cross-sectional study

emotion

factual database

female

follow up

health status

human

longitudinal study

major clinical study

mental health

pain assessment

physical activity

population research

postmenopause

postoperative period

priority journal

quality of life

standard

Medical sciences

Medicin

Nursing Science

breast cancer

postmenopausal

adjuvant treatment

SF-36

HRQOL

longitudinal

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