title: The quality of women's life after mastectomy in Poland.
abstract: From the increasing number of women who recovered from breast cancer arises more academic interest in their subjective opinions about the quality of their life (QL), particularly the physical, psychological, and social aspects of it. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the QL of Polish women after mastectomy. The research was performed on 480 randomly chosen patients who had been subjected to surgical treatment. The functional assessment of cancer therapy (FACT) scale version 4 and hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) were used during the research procedure. The lowest results within the global opinion of QL were obtained within the emotional sphere. The most frequent mental states experienced by the examined patients were worry, sadness, nervousness, fear, and depression.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical University, Lublin, Poland. wronska@eskulap.am.lublin.pl
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wronska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires