For Patients Diagnosed with Cancer what is Qulity of Life?

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Published: Apr 18, 2015
Issue: Vol. 33 No. 3 (2015): Psicooncología y Cuidado Paliativo
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Keywords: quality of life neoplasm concept formation.

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  Ricardo Sánchez Pedraza
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  Fabio Alexander Sierra Matamoros
Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud
Elena Martín Cardinal
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the concept of quality of life from the patient´s perspective. Method: 1029 patients having different diagnoses of cancer were evaluated using an open-ended question (How would you define Quality of Life?). The text of the individual replies was processed in order to perform lexicometric analysis which includes correspondence analysis. Results: Graphical forms and repeated segments that are most frequent are related to the concepts of well-being, health, functionality, good nutrition and spiritual and family aspects. These concepts change depending on type of cancer. Correspondence analysis suggests three domains: one related to care, the other having to do with well-being and another one dealing with nutrition and social and family aspects. There was an association between these dimensions and type of cancer (dimension 1: pediatric patients; dimension 2: breast cancer; and dimension 3: patients with prostrate cancer). In the multidimensional space that was constituted by graphical forms and repeated segments the diagnosis of pediatric cancer differs from others types of cancer. Conclusion: The design of instruments for measuring quality of live in patients having a cancer diagnosis should incorporate disease specific characteristics.
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Sánchez Pedraza, R., Sierra Matamoros, F. A., & Martín Cardinal, E. (2015). For Patients Diagnosed with Cancer what is Qulity of Life?. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 33(3), 371–385. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.3215
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