Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients with Chemotherapy
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Abstract
Background: Breast cancer does affect the physical condition and biopsychosocial and spiritual aspects as a whole. Current breast cancer interventions focus not only on disease control but also on maintaining and improving life quality. Objective: The study aims to describe the quality of life and factors related to breast cancer patients' quality of life with chemotherapy. Method: The study employed observational with the cross-sectional approach. The samples were 42 respondents taken with the sampling technique using purposive sampling adjusted to the inclusion criteria (patients aged 25-65 years who underwent adjuvant chemotherapy). The data processing used nonparametric statistical tests, namely Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis. Result: The average score of quality of life in the domain of physical health (6.25), psychological well-being (6.58), social welfare (7.06), and spiritual well-being (8.76). The stage of cancer and chemotherapy was statistically related to the physical health domain (P = 0.001 and P = 0.000). Cancer stage, frequency of chemotherapy, and chemotherapy were statistically related to the psychological well-being domain (P = 0.000, P = 0.022 and P = 0.000). The stage of cancer and chemotherapy were associated with both social well-being and spiritual well-being domains (each had a P = 0.000 value). Age, marital status, education, employment status, income, frequency of chemotherapy, and length of treatment were not related to the domain of quality of life for breast cancer patients with chemotherapy. Conclusion: Quality of life is highest in the domain of spiritual well-being. Factors related to the domain of quality of life for breast cancer patients with chemotherapy are cancer stage, chemotherapy frequency, and comorbidity.