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Gender differences in the perception of quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer.
Trinquinato, Isadora; Marques da Silva, Rodrigo; Ticona Benavente, Sonia Betzabeth; Antonietti, Camila Cristine; Siqueira Costa Calache, Ana Lúcia.
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  • Trinquinato I; University Hospital of Jundiaí, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil, isadora.trinquinato@usp.br.
  • Marques da Silva R; Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, marquessm@hotmail.com.
  • Ticona Benavente SB; Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, sonibenavente@usp.br.
  • Antonietti CC; Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, camis.antonietti@gmail.com.
  • Siqueira Costa Calache AL; Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, anascosta@usp.br.
Invest Educ Enferm ; 35(3): 320-329, 2017 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29767912
OBJECTIVES: To identify the gender differences in assessing quality of life of patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment for colorectal cancer. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional investigation conducted with 144 patients (72 men and 72 women) undergoing chemotherapy treatment in a southeastern Brazilian hospital. Data were gathered trough a sociodemographic and clinical information form and the Health-related Quality of Life instrument from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer. RESULTS: Cognitive function leads to lower general quality of life, with higher effect in men when compared to women. Body image (p=0.023), abdominal pain (p=0.020) and dry mouth (p=0.001) produced lower quality of life in women. On other hand, men showed lower quality of life related to the following symptoms: fecal incontinency (p<0.001), sexual impotency (p=0.027) and sexual arousal (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The illness symptoms and chemotherapy treatment effects that negatively impact on quality of life differ between men and women. Thus, healthcare needs to be focused on these specific factors that affect the quality of life according to the patient's gender.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Neoplasias Colorretais Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Patient_preference Limite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Invest Educ Enferm Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Colômbia
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Neoplasias Colorretais Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Patient_preference Limite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Invest Educ Enferm Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Colômbia