A study to assess the quality of life among women with cervical cancer in selected hospitals at Chennai

Abstract

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide. Cervical cancer is a disease that develops quite slowly and begins with a precancerous condition known as dysplasia cervical cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix. The present study aimed to explore   the quality of life among women with cervical cancer. The study was carried out in RMD pain and palliative care centre. Total 280 samples were included for data collection. The tool used for this study consist of four parts Part 1: Socio demographic variables of women, Part 2: Clinical variables of women, Part 3. EORTC C 30 and Cx 30. The study result showed that the women’s qualities of life in regard with global health mean scores were 6.88 with the SD of 1.52. In regard with functional scales Physical functioning mean scores were 11.75 with SD of 2.69, role functioning mean scores were 5.32 with SD of 0.99, emotional functioning  mean values were 12.94 with SD of 1.68, cognitive functioning mean scores were 5.13 with SD of 1.41, Social functioning mean scores  were 7.03 with SD of 1.28 Sex function mean scores were 7.16 with SD of 3.57, for symptom scale the mean scores were 41.63 with SD of 3.75, symptom experience mean scores were 31.45 with SD of 2.97 for Lymph edema mean scores were 2.78 with SD of 0.745, for peripheral neuropathy mean scores were 3.02  with SD of .89, for Menopausal symptom mean score were 2.45 with SD of 0.75, sexual worry mean score were 1.91 with SD of 1.10 .