دورية أكاديمية
Quality of life in patients with cervical cancer between the Han nationality and ethnic minorities in the Yunnan Province of China
العنوان: | Quality of life in patients with cervical cancer between the Han nationality and ethnic minorities in the Yunnan Province of China |
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المؤلفون: | Min Zhao, Xin Pu, Guo-Yu Ma, Meng-Jiao Zhang, Lei Luo, Rong-yan Gu, Ming-Zhu Gao, Le Cai |
المصدر: | BMC Women's Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023) |
بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2023. |
سنة النشر: | 2023 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Gynecology and obstetrics LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Cervical cancer, Health-related quality of life, FACT-Cx, Ethnic minorities, China, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
الوصف: | Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the fourth most diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death, and it still poses a crippling threat to women’s health. China launched the National Cervical Cancer Screening Program for Rural Women in 2009, and an increasing number of cervical cancer patients have been detected. Health-related quality of life is not only the end point of cancer research but is also related to socioeconomic and clinical factors and has received an increasing amount of attention. In light of the characteristics of the Yunnan nationality, we conducted cross-sectional research to assess and explore the health-related quality of life in both Han and ethnic minority patients. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2020 to May 2021 at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University/Yunnan Cancer Hospital. Patients, including 100 Han patients and 100 ethnic minorities, were interviewed using the FACT-Cx questionnaire within 3 months of receiving treatment. Results Patients of Han ethnicity and ethnic minorities were comparable in both sociodemographic and clinical features. The total FACT-Cx scores were 139.38 ± 9.83 and 134.39 ± 13.63 in Han and ethnic minority patients, respectively (P |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1472-6874 |
Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6874 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12905-023-02240-3 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/65b95096584243a888effa2c2b221568 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.65b95096584243a888effa2c2b221568 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 14726874 |
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DOI: | 10.1186/s12905-023-02240-3 |