Quality Of Life Of The Patients With Ovarian Cancer

Abstract

PURPOSE: The goal of this research is the analysis of the quality of life of the patients with advanced ovarian cancer in the period after radical surgery and chemotherapy.PATIENTS AND METHODS: 60 patients with advanced ovarian cancer who underwent radical surgery in the time period 2008-2009 at the University Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology “Narodni Front” and after that received adjuvant chemotherapy were selected for this research. The patients filled out the Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey Questionnaire, the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 (QLQ-C30) and Hamilton questionnaire.RESULTS: Based on the SF – 36 questionnaires, it has been calculated that the score for general health of the patients equals 56.03. The physical role and emotional role have received the lowest scores, of 23.33 and 26.66 respectively. Based on the QLQ-C30 questionnaire, it has been determined that one third of the patients had assigned the lowest possible score. The average score for depression was 8.9 out of 26, and 10.81 out of 24 for anxiety. CONCLUSION: The analysis of the quality of life of the patients during the disease can point to symptoms, i.e. factors leading to deterioration in the quality of life. Timely recognition of these factors and taking preventive measures could have positive influence on improving the quality of life during the disease.