Vocation and Mobility as Significant Modifiable Determinants For Quality Of Life Among Oral And Throat Cancer Patients - A Hospital Based Study From Southern India
| العنوان: | Vocation and Mobility as Significant Modifiable Determinants For Quality Of Life Among Oral And Throat Cancer Patients - A Hospital Based Study From Southern India |
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| المؤلفون: | Smriti Jain, null Susila T, Senthil Arasi Duraisamy, null Krithiga Sivakumar, null Sameeya Furmeen Salam, null Punithakumary P, null Seenivasan P |
| المصدر: | National Journal of Community Medicine. 14:236-241 |
| بيانات النشر: | Medsci Publications, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Medicine (miscellaneous) |
| الوصف: | Background: Quality of Life (QOL) is an important indicator of treatment outcome for cancer therapies. QOL researches help us to explore about the impairment caused by treatment and disease on one’s social life, day to day activities and psychological conditions. The objective is to assess the health related QOL in patients suffering from oral cavity and throat cancer and to find out factors associated with QOL. Methodology: Facility based cross sectional study design with consecutive sampling was used to achieve a sample size of 90 patients with oral cavity and throat cancer. Result: 71(78.88%) of study participants were independent and 19(21.11%) were partially dependent, none were completely dependent. Majority of the study population perceived a poor overall QOL as revelled by the findings that only 24.4% had best scoring in overall QOL domain. Weak Positive Correlation (R2=0.224) was seen between physical and socio- emotional component of QOL (p value |
| تدمد: | 2229-6816 0976-3325 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9a6d1d7b21d3cd73c92ada5165836c02 https://doi.org/10.55489/njcm.140420232724 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........9a6d1d7b21d3cd73c92ada5165836c02 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 22296816 09763325 |
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