Quality of life and associated factors among cervical cancer patients attending a given hospital in Rwanda

Abstract

ABSTRACT Introduction: Cervical cancer is the most common type of cancers affecting women. Therefore, Quality of life (QOL) and its associated factors assessment among cervical cancer patients is considered to be an important aspect in care given for those patients. Purpose of the study: This study sought to assess the QOL and its associated factors among cervical cancer patients receiving all kind of care at Butaro District Hospital. Methodology: A convenient non probability was conducted to all eligible patients taking different cervical cancer care at Butaro DH. The data was collected in three months and half from 11th February2019 to 25th May 2019. QOL was measured using the Missoula Vitas QOL Index. Data was coded and entered into Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21. Social demographic, clinical factors and level o quality of life were firstly analysed using descriptive statistic. Inferential statistics was used to quality of life. Results: In this study, the QOL was poor on 63.5% and QOL was founded to be independent ofsocial demographic factors, but dependant on clinical characteristics in its subcomponent of other related treatments (P = 0.03). Conclusion: QOL was poor on 63.5 % and the worsening party of his one is other related treatment composed by physical, social, psychological and spiritual care or treatment which means that clinical characteristics affect negatively the QOL