Quality of life of patients with malignant disease

Cilj istraživanja: Ispitati kvalitetu života bolesnika oboljelih od maligne bolesti, a koji su liječeni u Općoj bolnici Nova Gradiška. Nacrt studije: Presječna studija. Ispitanici i metode: U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 116 ljudi (58 muškog spola i 58 ženskog spola). Dob ispitanika bila je u spektru od 30 do 71 godine. U svrhu istraživanja koristio se anketni upitnik EORTC QLQ-C30 verzije 3.0. Rezultati: Viša razina kvalitete života uočena je kod ispitanika u dobi od 31 do 50 godina s obzirom na tjelesno funkcioniranje za razliku od ispitanika starije životne dobi, zatim u muškaraca u kojih je uočeno manje poteškoća u emocionalnom funkcioniranju za razliku od žena, zatim u ispitanika više naobrazbe u odnosnu na ispitanike koji nisu školovani ili su završili samo osnovnu školu te u zaposlenih/nezaposlenih ispitanika u odnosu na umirovljenike. Također, uočeno je kako većina ispitanika osjeća bol koja je ograničavajući faktor u životu većine ispitanika. Zaključak: Na kvalitetu života osoba oboljelih od maligne bolesti ne utječe trajanje maligne bolesti niti bračni status, ali uočeno je da na kvalitetu života oboljele osobe uvelike utječe dob, spol, stupanj obrazovanja, radni status, no najviše prisutnost boli.The quality of life of patients with malignant disease The goal of the research: To examine the quality of life of patients with malignant disease, treated at the General hospital Nova Gradiška. Study draft: Cross-sectional study. Subjects and methods: A total of 116 subject participated in the study, 58 of whom were male and 58 were female. The age of the subjects ranged from 30 to 71. For the purpose of this study, the EORTC QLQ-C30 version 3.0 questionnaire was used to assess the quality of life. The results: A higher level of quality of life was noticed in respondents aged 31 to 50 with regard to physical functioning in contrast to respondents of older age. Furthermore, it was noticed that men showed less difficulty in emotional functioning in contrast to women. Moreover, a higher level of quality of life was noticed among the respondents with higher education compared to respondents who are not educated or have only completed primary school and also among the employed / unemployed respondents in comparison to pensioners. It was also noticed that most respondents feel pain which is a limiting factor in the lives of most respondents. Conclusion: The quality of life of people suffering from malignant disease is not affected by the duration of malignant disease nor marital status, but it has been noticed that the quality of life of people with malignancy is greatly affected by age, gender, education, work status, but mostly the presence of pain