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Quality of life of early stage colorectal cancer patients in Morocco
- Source :
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background A multicentre cohort study was held in Morocco, designed to evaluate the quality of life of cancer patients. The aim of this paper is to report the assessment of the quality of life of early colorectal cancer patients, before and after cancer treatment, to identify other factors which are related to this quality of life. Methods We used the third version of the QLQ-C30 questionnaire of the European organization for Research and treatment of Cancer (EORTC) after a transcultural validation. The Data collection was done at inclusion and then every twelve weeks to achieve one year of follow up. Results Overall 294 patients presented with early colorectal cancer, the median age was 56 years (range: 21–88). The male–female sex ratio was 1.17. At inclusion, the global health status was the most affected functional dimension. For symptoms: financial difficulties and fatigue scores were the highest ones. Emotional and social functions were significantly worse in rectal cancer. Most symptoms were more present in rectal cancer. At inclusion, global health status score was significantly worse in stage III. Anorexia was significantly more important among colorectal female patients. For Patients over 70 years-old, the difference was statistically significant for the physical function item which was lower. Overall, Functional dimensions scores were improved after chemotherapy. The symptoms scores did not differ significantly for patients treated by radiotherapy, between inclusion and at one year. Conclusion Our EORTC QLQ C30 scores are overall comparable to the reference values. Neither chemotherapy, nor radiotherapy worsened the quality of life at one year.
- Subjects :
- Quality of life
Adult
Male
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Colorectal cancer
Health Status
medicine.medical_treatment
Emotions
Anorexia
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal medicine
Global health
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
030212 general & internal medicine
Stage (cooking)
Early Detection of Cancer
Fatigue
Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Gastroenterology
Cancer
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Radiation therapy
Morocco
Early
Socioeconomic Factors
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
medicine.symptom
EORTC QLQ C30
Colorectal Neoplasms
business
Research Article
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1471230X
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fb5384f16ab84c0c9a5578a96cbbd393