Background To explore and characterize the inter-relationship between psychological well-
being, spirituality, social support, comorbidity, demographic and lifestyle factors and quality …

Abstract Background The Kuwaiti perspective on quality of life (QOL) in breast cancer is
important because it adds the contribution from a country where the disease affects women …

Breast cancer is the first or second malignancy among women worldwide. Illness perception
(IP) and quality of life (QoL) are major issues considering breast cancer management. An …

Purpose This study evaluated the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among breast
cancer patients during various phases of treatment and with different treatment modalities …

Purpose Evidence that psychosocial status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are
associated with breast cancer (BC) outcomes is weak and inconsistent. We examined …

ABSTRACT According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is one of the most
prevalent cancers in the Hispanic female population, and it carries a great psychological …

Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, breast cancer patients› experiences were
evaluated at Breast Cancer Research Center (BCRC), Motamed Cancer Institut (MCI) …

Background Little is known about the availability and psychometric properties of instruments
to measure quality of life (QOL) in clinical research on Japanese patients with breast cancer …

Prospective longitudinal health-related quality of life (QOL) data from 161 women newly
diagnosed with breast cancer were compared to age-adjusted mean QOL scores from a …

Background In our previous study, we found that the degree of sense of coherence (SOC)
and baseline ratings of several dimensions of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were the …