The Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer
Dewi Latifatul Ilma1*, Masita Wulandari Suryoputri1, Rofiqoh Noor Aisyiyah1, Nialiana Endah Endriastuti1

Department of Pharmacy, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: In 2020, breast cancer caused 30,8% of new cases of cancer among women in Indonesia, making it the highest cause of cancer in women. As the disease progress, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a major concern of patients.
Purpose: This study aimed to assess HRQOL in women with breast cancer.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in women with breast cancer. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) survey was used to assess the HRQOL of patients. FACT-G questionnaire measure four domains of HRQOL in cancer patients: physical, social/family, emotional, and functional well-being. The inclusion criteria were patients aged 18 years old with the diagnosis of breast cancer and had complete medical records (duration of cancer, chemotherapy cycles, number of chemotherapy drugs, and known history of breast surgery).
Results: A total of 70 patients were included in this study. The result showed that mean total FACT-G score was 55.46. For each domain, the mean score of physical well-being (PWB) was 7.07, social/family well-being (SFWB) was 23.71, emotional well-being (EWB) was 5.63, and functional well-being (FWB) was 19.04.
Conclusion: Patients had poorer score in emotional well-being and higher ones in the social/family well-being domain.

Keywords: breast cancer, health-related quality of life, FACT-G

Topic: Clinical pharmacy