Factors Associated With Quality Of Life In Adult Cancer Patients Undertaking Chemotherapy In Black Lion Specialized Referral Hospital Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background: In patients with different type of cancers the quality of life (QoL) improvement isrnthe main goal. A cancer diagnosis is very stressful for people affecting all aspects of their beingrnand quality of life. Up to date knowledge on QoL impairments throughout the entire treatmentrnprocess, often including several treatment modalities is scarce in Ethiopia.rnObjective: To assess the quality of life of cancer patient undertaking chemotherapy.rnMethods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Addis Ababa University Black LionrnSpecialized Referral Hospital (BLSRH) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from March15 to April 15 2016.rnA total of 200 cancer patients were included. The European Organization for Research andrnTreatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QOL C-30) translated in tornAmharic, was used to measure Quality of life (QoL).The data was entered in to Epi data versionrn3.1 and analyzed with SPSS Version 20.Data were analyzed using logical regression analysis.rnp-value

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