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1279/2011 - QUALITY OF LIFE OF GROUPS OF WOMEN WHO SUFFER FROM BREAST CANCER
QUALIDADE DE VIDA EM GRUPOS DE MULHERES ACOMETIDAS DE CÂNCER DE MAMA

Author:

• Sandra Fiorelli de Almeida Penteado Simeão - Simeao SFAP - Bauru, SP - Universidade Sagrado Coração - <ssimeao@usc.br>

Co-author(s):

• Izabel Cristina Rossi Landro - Landro ICR - Universidade Sagrado Coração - <rossilandro@uol.com.br>
• Marta helena Souza De Conti - De Conti, MHS - Pederneiras, São Paulo - Universidade Sagrado Coração - <madeconti@yahoo.com.br>
• MÁRCIA APARECIDA NUEVO GATTI - GATTI, M.A.N. - Universidade Sagrado Coração - <marciangatti@gmail.com>
• Willian Davila Delgallo - Delgallo WD - Clinica Santa Helena - <ssimeao@usc.br>
• Alberto De Vitta - De Vitta, A. - Bauru, São Paulo - Universidade Sagrado Coração - <albvitta@yahoo.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

This study aimed at: investigating the quality of life of women who suffer from breast cancer and are part of a support group; comparing the ascertained data among mastectomized women who had undergone breast reconstruction and women who had not undergone surgery; and also comparing data of women who had undergone quadrantectomy but did not need reconstruction and those who had not gone through reconstruction. This is a quantitative transversal study, and data was collected by characterization of questionnaire respondents and by WHO’s SF-36. Fifty women, mean aged 57.2 years, participated in the survey. The groups were compared against each other – two by two –, considering types of surgery, by means of Mann-Whitney Test, at 5% significance level. The results showed that women who had undergone quadrantectomy surgery and did not need reconstruction are the ones who had the highest average scores in all fields and, therefore, have the best quality of life; they are followed by the group of women who had undergone mastectomy and reconstruction. The mastectomized group of women who had not undergone reconstruction displayed a very low level of quality of life; they are followed by the group of women who had undergone quadrantectomy and also had not undergone reconstruction.

Keywords:

Breast cancer. Quality of life. Self-Help Groups.

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Simeao SFAP, Landro ICR, De Conti, MHS, GATTI, M.A.N., Delgallo WD, De Vitta, A.. QUALITY OF LIFE OF GROUPS OF WOMEN WHO SUFFER FROM BREAST CANCER. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Nov). [Citado em 11/05/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/quality-of-life-of-groups-of-women-who-suffer-from-breast-cancer/9003?id=9003



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