Abstract
A descriptive study was conducted to describe the quality of life among mastectomy patients receiving radiotherapy. There were 20 mastectomy patients receiving radiotherapy at Oncology Hospital of Peking Union Medical College, and the First, and the Second Teaching Hospital of Beijing Medical University, in Beijing according to the criteria. The instrument used for data collection was Quality of Life Index-Cancer Version (QLI-CV). Finding of the study revealed that the quality of life among mastectomy patients had changed a little during the course of radiotherapy. Within four domains, family domain received the highest satisfaction, while psychological/spiritual domain seeded to get the lowest satisfaction in this group of people. The findings of the study may provide the baseline knowledge for understand quality of life among mastectomy patients receiving radiotherapy.
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