TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exploring the Impact of Palliative Care Education on Enhancing Quality of Life for Women with Breast Cancer
A1  - Nirmal Ghati
A1  - Sushma Bhatnagar
A1  - Manjit Mahendran
A1  - Abhishek Thakur
A1  - Kshitij Prasad
A1  - Devesh Kumar
A1  - Tanima Dwivedi
A1  - Kalaivani Mani
A1  - Pawan Tiwari
A1  - Ritu Gupta
A1  - Anant Mohan
A1  - Anita Saxena
A1  - Randeep Guleria
A1  - Siddharthan Deepti
JF  - Archive of International Journal of Cancer and Allied Science
JO  - Arch Int J Cancer Allied Sci
SN  - 3108-4834
Y1  - 2024
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.51847/IMAAaCN4Rh
SP  - 11
EP  - 17
N2  - Due to the widespread nature of breast cancer and its significant impact on the quality of life for those affected, this study aimed to evaluate how palliative care education affects the quality of life of women with breast cancer. In this clinical trial, 46 breast cancer patients were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group. While the control group received standard care, the intervention group participated in 4 weeks of specialized palliative care training. The Missoula quality of life questionnaire was administered to both groups before, immediately after, and one month following the intervention. Data analysis was performed using independent t-tests, paired t-tests, and chi-square tests through SPSS version 23 software. The results showed a significant improvement in the quality of life scores of the intervention group before and after the training (P = 0.003), while no significant change was observed in the control group (P = 0.67). In addition, there was a significant difference in the quality of life scores between the two groups both immediately and one month after the intervention (P < 0.0001). These findings suggest that palliative care education can significantly improve the quality of life for breast cancer patients, advocating for the widespread integration of such care through patient-centered training.
UR  - https://smerpub.com/article/exploring-the-impact-of-palliative-care-education-on-enhancing-quality-of-life-for-women-with-breast-furfxgiq6vhtoq1
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