Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective
Palliative treatment is the best treatment for advanced cancer patients improve their quality of life (QOL). There is a lack of local data on the patients' QOL among cancer patient receiving palliative treatment in a university medical center in Malaysia. This study aims to describe QOL among p...
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| author | Wanda Kiyah George Albert Adi Fahrudin |
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| description | Palliative treatment is the best treatment for advanced cancer patients improve their quality of life (QOL). There is a lack of local data on the patients' QOL among cancer patient receiving palliative treatment in a university medical center in Malaysia. This study aims to describe QOL among patients with advance cancer disease receiving palliative treatment in a teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur. This was a cross-sectional study that has been done with 120 of cancer patients that receiving palliative treatment using convenience sampling. The SF-36 questionnaire has been used to measures Quality of Life (QOL) across eight domains based on physically and emotionally component summary. Results showed that the highest score of QOL were observed in the Mental Component Summary (44.93± 6.84) compared with Physical Component Summary at (42.24± 7.91). More studies are needed to investigate patients who score poorly on physical and mental component aspects to understand their needs in order to achieve better cancer care especially in social work perspective. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-334532022-07-21T04:09:49Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33453/ Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective Wanda Kiyah George Albert Adi Fahrudin HV40-69 Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Including social case work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work relief R726.5-726.8 Medicine and disease in relation to psychology. Terminal care. Dying Palliative treatment is the best treatment for advanced cancer patients improve their quality of life (QOL). There is a lack of local data on the patients' QOL among cancer patient receiving palliative treatment in a university medical center in Malaysia. This study aims to describe QOL among patients with advance cancer disease receiving palliative treatment in a teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur. This was a cross-sectional study that has been done with 120 of cancer patients that receiving palliative treatment using convenience sampling. The SF-36 questionnaire has been used to measures Quality of Life (QOL) across eight domains based on physically and emotionally component summary. Results showed that the highest score of QOL were observed in the Mental Component Summary (44.93± 6.84) compared with Physical Component Summary at (42.24± 7.91). More studies are needed to investigate patients who score poorly on physical and mental component aspects to understand their needs in order to achieve better cancer care especially in social work perspective. Horizon Research Publishing 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33453/1/Quality%20of%20Life%20%28QOL%29%20assessment%20among%20advance%20cancer%20patient%20undergoing%20palliative%20treatment%20in%20Malaysia_%20A%20social%20work%20perspective.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33453/2/Quality%20of%20Life%20%28QOL%29%20assessment%20among%20advance%20cancer%20patient%20undergoing%20palliative%20treatment%20in%20Malaysia_%20A%20social%20work%20perspective%20_ABSTRACT.pdf Wanda Kiyah George Albert and Adi Fahrudin (2017) Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice, 5. pp. 87-92. ISSN 2332-6832 (P-ISSN) , 2332-6840 (E-ISSN) https://www.hrpub.org/journals/article_info.php?aid=6183 https://doi.org/10.13189/ijrh.2017.050301 https://doi.org/10.13189/ijrh.2017.050301 |
| spellingShingle | HV40-69 Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Including social case work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work relief R726.5-726.8 Medicine and disease in relation to psychology. Terminal care. Dying Wanda Kiyah George Albert Adi Fahrudin Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective |
| title | Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective |
| title_full | Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective |
| title_fullStr | Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective |
| title_short | Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective |
| title_sort | quality of life qol assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in malaysia a social work perspective |
| topic | HV40-69 Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Including social case work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work relief R726.5-726.8 Medicine and disease in relation to psychology. Terminal care. Dying |
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