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Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors

Group psychotherapy or support group (SG) interventions have been reported to improve the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. For an improved life of Malaysian breast cancer survivors, facilities for SG interventions have been set up both in the urban and rural areas of the country. However,...

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Main Authors: Abu Kassim , Noor Lide, Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah, Samad Cheung, Humairah, Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
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Language:English
Published: 2010
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RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
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spelling my.iium.irep.226492012-03-19T11:42:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/ Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah Samad Cheung, Humairah Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) Group psychotherapy or support group (SG) interventions have been reported to improve the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. For an improved life of Malaysian breast cancer survivors, facilities for SG interventions have been set up both in the urban and rural areas of the country. However, the impact of support group participation on QOL of these patients, and factors that may influence it have remained elusive. This study, examines the impact of SG participation on the QOL of Malaysian breast cancer survivors using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) questionnaire. Multiple comparisons using the Tukey HSD show that the QOL measure for rural SG participants are significantly lower (F(2,55) = 14.570; p < 0.01) than for urban SG participants. Analysis of the interrelationships between the QOL sub-domains indicated that functional wellbeing (FWB) fully mediates the effects of physical wellbeing (PWB) and emotional wellbeing (EWB) on social wellbeing (SWB). In addition, PWB was relatively more influential than EWB in determining patients’ FWB and SWB while PWB, EWB and FWB collectively explained about 25% of the variability in SWB. Findings of this study thus indicate that measurement of QOL is relative to patients’ location i.e., urban or rural, which in turn reflects the patients’ education and financial background. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/1/Causal_links_in_QOL_sub-domains_accentuate_greater_support.pdf Abu Kassim , Noor Lide and Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah and Samad Cheung, Humairah and Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur (2010) Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/10/sub10/author/list_p.php
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topic RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
spellingShingle RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah
Samad Cheung, Humairah
Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
description Group psychotherapy or support group (SG) interventions have been reported to improve the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. For an improved life of Malaysian breast cancer survivors, facilities for SG interventions have been set up both in the urban and rural areas of the country. However, the impact of support group participation on QOL of these patients, and factors that may influence it have remained elusive. This study, examines the impact of SG participation on the QOL of Malaysian breast cancer survivors using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) questionnaire. Multiple comparisons using the Tukey HSD show that the QOL measure for rural SG participants are significantly lower (F(2,55) = 14.570; p < 0.01) than for urban SG participants. Analysis of the interrelationships between the QOL sub-domains indicated that functional wellbeing (FWB) fully mediates the effects of physical wellbeing (PWB) and emotional wellbeing (EWB) on social wellbeing (SWB). In addition, PWB was relatively more influential than EWB in determining patients’ FWB and SWB while PWB, EWB and FWB collectively explained about 25% of the variability in SWB. Findings of this study thus indicate that measurement of QOL is relative to patients’ location i.e., urban or rural, which in turn reflects the patients’ education and financial background.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah
Samad Cheung, Humairah
Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
author_facet Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah
Samad Cheung, Humairah
Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
author_sort Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
title Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_short Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_full Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_fullStr Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_full_unstemmed Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_sort causal links in qol sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
publishDate 2010
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