Quality of life of post-mastectomy women living in a semi-arid region of Brazil

Araújo Neto, Emídio Antonio de; Alves, Beatriz C. A.; Gehrke, Flávia de S.; Azzalis, Ligia A.; Junqueira, Virginia C. B.; Sousa, Luiz Vinicius de A.; Adami, Fernando; Fonseca, Fernando L. A.

Quality of life of post-mastectomy women living in a semi-arid region of Brazil

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dc.contributor.author	Araújo Neto, Emídio Antonio de
dc.contributor.author	Alves, Beatriz C. A.
dc.contributor.author	Gehrke, Flávia de S.
dc.contributor.author	Azzalis, Ligia A.
dc.contributor.author	Junqueira, Virginia C. B.
dc.contributor.author	Sousa, Luiz Vinicius de A.
dc.contributor.author	Adami, Fernando
dc.contributor.author	Fonseca, Fernando L. A.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-22T11:22:35Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-22T11:22:35Z
dc.date.issued	2017-06-05
dc.description.resumo	Health is the major reference regarding quality of life; when it comes to breast cancer in particular, the loss of a breast traumatically affects a woman’s life, reflecting on her quality of life. Recognizing this problem, our aim was to investigate the quality of life of women who live in a semi-arid region of Brazil after breast cancer mastectomy. In this exploratory, transversal and observational study, a Brazilian variantof the shorter version of the original instrument from the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), applied in the study population, was analyzed and their socio-demographic profile was obtained. The sample was composed of 50 mastectomized women. The 50 included patients comprised women at a mean age of 54 years. Most of them had finished elementary school, and their average income was one Brazilian minimum monthly wage. Regarding the data related to quality of life, the highest score was found in the social relationships domain (4.29) followed by the psychological (4.09) and environmental (3.88) domains. The lowest score observed was for the physical domain (3.48). With these findings we can say that social and psychological parameters are driving factors of the quality of life in post-mastectomy women. Therefore, these results are useful to establish strategies to improve the quality of life of breast cancer mastectomy patients.	pt_BR
dc.identifier.citation	ARAUJO NETO, Emídio Antonio de; ALVES, Beatriz C. A.; GEHRKE, Flávia de S.; AZZALIS, Ligia A.; JUNQUEIRA, Virginia C. B.; SOUSA, Luiz Vinicius de A.; ADAMI, Fernando; FONSECA, Fernando L. A. Quality of life of post-mastectomy women living in a semi-arid region of Brazil. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, [s. l.], v. 14, n. 6, p. 601-609, 5 jun. 2017. MDPI AG. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/6/601. Acesso em: 06 nov. 2020.http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060601.	pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn	1660-4601 (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31098
dc.language	en	pt_BR
dc.publisher	MDPI	pt_BR
dc.rights	Attribution 3.0 Brazil	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/	*
dc.subject	Mastectomy	pt_BR
dc.subject	Breast cancer	pt_BR
dc.subject	Neoplasia	pt_BR
dc.subject	Quality of life	pt_BR
dc.subject	Public health	pt_BR
dc.title	Quality of life of post-mastectomy women living in a semi-arid region of Brazil	pt_BR
dc.type	article	pt_BR