Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate health related quality of life (HRQOL) in post-operative breast cancer patients of Korea. A consecutive series of patients with breast cancer who visited to one university hospitals in Seoul after operation as a primary treatment from Feb to Mar 2012 were recruited. Their HRQOL was assessed using EQ-5D, SF36 and FACT-B. General and clinical information was obtained from the interviews and medical chart reviews. HRQOL was analyzed on general and clinical information of them. Among 487 patients with breast cancer, 487 patients complete the questionnaire. All study participants were female and their mean age was 52.5. In the aged, low education group, and divorced or bereaved people, their HRQOL were lower than those of the other groups, respectively. All correlation coefficients between EQ-5D index, 8 scales of SF-36 and FACT-B score were statistically significant (p<0.001, respectively). This study showed the HRQOL of post-operative breast cancer patients in South Korea.
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