Quality of Life of Paediatric Oncology Patients
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
;
16(1): 457-467, jan.-dez. 2016. tab
Article
in English
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-912903
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To evaluate the indicators of quality of life (QoL) of children and adolescents with cancer and to evaluate the QoL of participants regarding oral health. Material andMethods:
The modified Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant Imagé (AUQEI), with scores ranging from 0 to 78 and a cut-off value of 48, was the instrument used in this study. Questions were added regarding oral health, with scores ranging from 0 to 18. The study consisted of two groups group 1 (case) consisted of 24 children and adolescents with cancer, and group 2 (control) consisted of 30 healthy children and adolescents aged 6 to 15 years old. A chi-square test was performed using the SPSS program, version 18.0, to determine whether health conditions were related to QoL.Results:
We observed that 69.25% of participants had scores representing a satisfactory QoL, with a mean score of 54.3 (51.7 for the group of children and adolescents with cancer and 56.5 for the healthy group). The results of the present study showed a value of p=0.016, suggesting that the disease condition is related to lower QoL scores. The Mann-Whitney test showed that the healthy group showed significantly better indicators in the oral health domain.Conclusion:
The children and adolescents under study showed satisfactory overall QoL standards; however, when comparing the cancer group to the healthy group, we observed that cancer is associated with lower QoL indicators.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Pediatrics
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Quality of Life
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Oral Health
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Medical Oncology
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
State University of Paraíba/BR
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