Abstract

AGUIRRE-LOAIZA, Héctor Haney; NUNEZ, César; NAVARRO, Ana Milena  and  SANCHEZ, Sebastián Cortés. QUALITY OF LIFE ACCORDING TO THE STAGE OF BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN: ANALYSIS FROM THE FACT-B AND SF-36. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.1, pp.109-120. ISSN 1900-2386.

Cancer is classified in stages (0 or in situ, I, II, III and IV) according to histological criteria, which are associated with survival rates. Breast cancer affects the quality of life of patients. In this correlational and not experimental study, with a non probabilistic sample of 39 women diagnosed with breast cancer (M = 56.2, SD = 13.4), we analyzed the quality of life and its possible differences according to the stage of cancer; moreover, we correlated the SF-36 and FACT-B measures. The results show that the quality of life is lower in advanced stages; however, the differences are not statistically significant; and that the instruments are positively correlated. We conclude that the quality of life does not varies according to the stage of breast cancer, and both instruments correlated positive and significantly. These findings encourage further work in this area.

Keywords : Quality of life; cancer screening; well being; global health; mental health.

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