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Park, Jeon, Han, and Oh: Quality of Life for Patients who had Breast Cancer Operations: The Validity and Availability for WHOQOL-BREF
Original Article
Journal of Breast Cancer

Journal of Breast Cancer 2005; 8(4): 199-204.

Published online: 31 December 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2005.8.4.199

Quality of Life for Patients who had Breast Cancer Operations: The Validity and Availability for WHOQOL-BREF

E Jin Park, Yang Whan Jeon, Sang Ick Han, Se Jeong Oh1

Department of Pathology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.

1Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.

ohsj@olmh.cuk.ac.kr

Received 9 November 2005       Accepted 6 December 2005

Copyright © 2005 Korean Breast Cancer Society

Abstract

Purpose

This study was designed to investigate the validity of the WHOQOL-BREF(Brief form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment instrument) and explore the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer patients who survived after an operation, using the Korean version of the WHOQOL-BREF.

Methods

Fifty (50) breast cancer patients after their operations and obtaining their informed consent were recruited. Hospital staff members served as the controls. The 100 item-WHOQOL instrument was employed for testing all the subjects. The scores of the WHOQOL-BREF, which is a short version (26 questions) of the WHOQOL, includes four domains(physical, psychological, social, and environmental), were compared with those of the WHOQOL.

Results

The scores of the WHOQOL-BREF were significantly correlated with those of the WHOQOL in all domains. The physical, psychological, and environmental domains were associated with a worse quality of life in patients with breast cancer.

Conclusion

The WHOQOL-BREF is a valid and useful instrument for evaluation the quality of life in patients with breast cancer.

Keywords: Breast Cancer, Operation, Quality Of Life, WHOQOL-BREF, Validity

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