The Impact of Education on Symptomatic Scale of Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer

this study, 105 patients with breast cancer participated. Their adjuvant treatments had been completed and they were randomly assigned into two groups. To measure symptomatic aspects of the quality of life, questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 (before and two months after intervention) wereused. Then, the experimental group participated in 5 groups in educational programs of quality of life weekly for one month. The data were analyzed using independent t-test, Chi square and repeated measurement tests.Results: The mean age of the sample was in the experimental group (48/48± 8/53) and in the control group (49/30± 8/71). In terms of marital status, most of participants in the experimental group (92%) and the control group (81/8 %) were married and most of them in the experimental group (42%) and controls (36/4 %) have diploma. Comparing interventions before and two months after intervention revealed significant statistical changes toward decreasing symptoms of symptomatic scale of life quality in the experimental group as compared to the control group (P<0.001).Conclusion: According to the results of this study, education lead to enhancing life quality and decrease other complications in patients with breast cancer. Thus, it is suggested to be considered as a part of treatment program in these patients.

Keywords:

Education , Quality of Life , Breast Cancer