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Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms and problems in hospitalized hematological cancer patients. A cross-sectional design was carried out with 105 respondents in Ampang hospital in Kuala Lumpur. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality Of Li...

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Auteurs principaux: Das, Priscilla, Awang, Hamidin, Md. Zain, Azhar, Naing @ Noorjan, Khin Ohnmar, Md Said, Salmiah, Khalid, Bahariah
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Publié: Malaysian Medical Association 2011
Accès en ligne:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24608/1/Quality%20of%20life%20among%20patients%20with%20hematological%20cancer%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20hospital.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:24608 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24608/ Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital. Das, Priscilla Awang, Hamidin Md. Zain, Azhar Naing @ Noorjan, Khin Ohnmar Md Said, Salmiah Khalid, Bahariah The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms and problems in hospitalized hematological cancer patients. A cross-sectional design was carried out with 105 respondents in Ampang hospital in Kuala Lumpur. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality Of Life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) was used. Patients with a minimum response of "a little" were defined as having a symptom/problem while patients with a response of "quite a bit" were classified as having a "severe symptom/problem:". The four most prevalent symptoms/ problems identified were fatigue, financial difficulties, reduced role function and reduced social function. Multiple myeloma patients (MM) were identified as having the most symptoms/problems. Malaysian Medical Association 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24608/1/Quality%20of%20life%20among%20patients%20with%20hematological%20cancer%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20hospital.pdf Das, Priscilla and Awang, Hamidin and Md. Zain, Azhar and Naing @ Noorjan, Khin Ohnmar and Md Said, Salmiah and Khalid, Bahariah (2011) Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 66 (2). pp. 117-120. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.mma.org.my/ English
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description The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms and problems in hospitalized hematological cancer patients. A cross-sectional design was carried out with 105 respondents in Ampang hospital in Kuala Lumpur. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality Of Life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) was used. Patients with a minimum response of "a little" were defined as having a symptom/problem while patients with a response of "quite a bit" were classified as having a "severe symptom/problem:". The four most prevalent symptoms/ problems identified were fatigue, financial difficulties, reduced role function and reduced social function. Multiple myeloma patients (MM) were identified as having the most symptoms/problems.
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author Das, Priscilla
Awang, Hamidin
Md. Zain, Azhar
Naing @ Noorjan, Khin Ohnmar
Md Said, Salmiah
Khalid, Bahariah
spellingShingle Das, Priscilla
Awang, Hamidin
Md. Zain, Azhar
Naing @ Noorjan, Khin Ohnmar
Md Said, Salmiah
Khalid, Bahariah
Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.
author_facet Das, Priscilla
Awang, Hamidin
Md. Zain, Azhar
Naing @ Noorjan, Khin Ohnmar
Md Said, Salmiah
Khalid, Bahariah
author_sort Das, Priscilla
title Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.
title_short Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.
title_full Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.
title_fullStr Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.
title_full_unstemmed Quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a Malaysian hospital.
title_sort quality of life among patients with hematological cancer in a malaysian hospital.
publisher Malaysian Medical Association
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24608/1/Quality%20of%20life%20among%20patients%20with%20hematological%20cancer%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20hospital.pdf
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