Musarezaie Amir, Zargham-Boroujeni Ali
Department of Adult Health Nursing, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2015 Mar-Apr;20(2):287-91.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and 81% of therapeutic surgery performed for breast cancer in Iran is mastectomy. Following mastectomy, the patients suffer from many problems which lead to several disorders and decrease in their quality of life (QOL).
This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 105 breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy, selected with a convenient sampling method. A questionnaire containing three parts was used to collect data. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 14 using descriptive and analytical statistical methods.
Spearman test showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between QOL and education level and also fatigue. Moreover, Spearman test indicated a statistically significant correlation between age and the mental dimension of QOL. There was no significant relationship between QOL with marital and employment status.
Based on the findings, we can suggest that nurses should be educated about the factors affecting QOL. They can receive the necessary knowledge in various areas such as meeting the patients, optimum management of patients' problems, improvement of their health, and finally help to increase the cancer patients' QOL.
乳腺癌是女性中最常见的癌症，在伊朗，81%的乳腺癌治疗手术为乳房切除术。乳房切除术后，患者会出现许多问题，这些问题会导致多种紊乱并降低其生活质量（QOL）。
本横断面描述性研究对105例行乳房切除术的乳腺癌患者进行，采用方便抽样法选取。使用一份包含三个部分的问卷收集数据。数据采用SPSS 14版，运用描述性和分析性统计方法进行分析。
Spearman检验显示，生活质量与教育水平以及疲劳之间存在统计学显著关系。此外，Spearman检验表明年龄与生活质量的心理维度之间存在统计学显著相关性。生活质量与婚姻和就业状况之间无显著关系。
基于研究结果，我们可以建议应对护士进行有关影响生活质量因素的教育。他们可以在诸如接待患者、优化患者问题管理、改善其健康状况等各个领域获取必要知识，最终有助于提高癌症患者的生活质量。
