Health-related quality of life in Slovenian patients with colorectal cancer: a single tertiary care center study
Catégorie d'article: Research Article
Publié en ligne: 14 mars 2019
Pages: 231 - 237
Reçu: 12 déc. 2018
Accepté: 02 févr. 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2019-0015
Mots clés
© 2019 Jan Grosek, Jerica Novak, Katja Kitek, Alta Bajric, Ana Majdic, Jurij Ales Kosir, Ales Tomazic, published by Sciendo
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Background
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the surgical treatment on Slovenian colorectal cancer patients’ health-related quality of life and to compare the results to the health-related quality of life of the general Slovenian population.
Patients and methods
A total of 413 patients with colorectal cancer operated on at the Abdominal Surgery Department at the Ljubljana University Medical Center between January 1st, 2016 and December 31st, 2017 were sent two standardized and validated questionnaires: the EORTC QLQ-C30 version 3 and EORTC QLQ-CR29. The questionnaires were returned by 197 patients.
Results
Compared to the general population, poorer physical (
Conclusions
The global health status of colorectal patients in Slovenia is comparable to that of the general Slovenian population, but there is a significantly lower level in some of the quality-of-life scales.