Abstract

LOPES, Helena Baltar; RIBEIRO, José Luis Pais  and  LEAL, Isabel Pereira. Estudos sobre qualidade de vida em mulheres submetidas a histerectomia ou anexectomia para tratamento de cancro do útero ou ovário. Aná. Psicológica [online]. 1999, vol.17, n.3, pp.483-497. ISSN 0870-8231.

In this paper we present an exploratory study on the quality of life of patients subjected to hysterectomy and/or oophorectomies for uterus or ovary cancer treatment. The main objective is to understand the influence of these events on women's quality of life, using as a evaluation instrument the F-84 Quality of Life Assessment Survey. We also compare the patient's group health status with a group of women «without disease», that had never been subjected to any kind of gynaecological surgery, in order to estimate the effects of these events in different aspects of health, assessed with the multidimensional health scale, the SF-36 Health Survey. Different aspects of the psychology of quality of life assessment are discussed, as well as the results of the work done in this area with cancer patients, and hypothesis are raised to explain the results.

Keywords : Ovarian cancer; uterine cancer; annexohisterectomy; quality of life; the F-84 Quality of Life Assessment Survey; the SF-36 Health Survey.

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