Abstract
Many patients with hormone-receptor positive breast cancer undergo prolonged treatment. However, the long-term patient quality of life assessment has not been examined. Using community pharmacists' assistance is one method for assessing long-term quality of life. Thus, this study aimed to understand the ongoing health-related quality of life and quality-adjusted life year among breast cancer patients so that community pharmacists may contribute to their pharmacotherapy. We conducted a prospective observational study with 22 breast cancer patients who had health-related quality of life at the initial measurement and 6 months later. Regarding the health-related quality of life, quality-adjusted life year concerning all patients was 0.890 (95% confidence interval: 0.846-0.935). Quality-adjusted life year concerning those younger than 65 years was 0.907 (95% confidence interval: 0.841-0.973), and that for individuals older than 65 years was 0.874 (95% confidence interval: 0.804-0.943). The adjuvant chemotherapy group had a lower health-related quality of life at the initial measurement (0.887; 95% confidence interval: 0.833-0.941) but showed a higher quality of life 6 months later (0.951; 95% confidence interval: 0894-1.010). Quality-adjusted life year for individuals regarding adjuvant chemotherapy was 0.919 (95% confidence interval: 0.874-0.964). In contrast, the life-prolonged group had a higher health-related quality of life at the initial measurement, which was lower 6 months later. As a result of measuring quality of life using the EuroQol 5-dimensions-5-levels, this study revealed a decline in health-related quality of life in patients undergoing hormonal therapy for breast cancer. The study is expected to assist community pharmacists in managing outpatients.
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