Quality of life in patients with cervical cancer between the Han nationality and ethnic minorities in the Yunnan Province of China
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Published:2023-05-03
Issue:1
Volume:23
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ISSN:1472-6874
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Container-title:BMC Women's Health
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language:en
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Short-container-title:BMC Women's Health
Author:
Zhao Min,Pu Xin,Ma Guo-Yu,Zhang Meng-Jiao,Luo Lei,Gu Rong-yan,Gao Ming-Zhu,Cai Le
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Cervical cancer is the fourth most diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death, and it still poses a crippling threat to women’s health. China launched the National Cervical Cancer Screening Program for Rural Women in 2009, and an increasing number of cervical cancer patients have been detected. Health-related quality of life is not only the end point of cancer research but is also related to socioeconomic and clinical factors and has received an increasing amount of attention. In light of the characteristics of the Yunnan nationality, we conducted cross-sectional research to assess and explore the health-related quality of life in both Han and ethnic minority patients.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2020 to May 2021 at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University/Yunnan Cancer Hospital. Patients, including 100 Han patients and 100 ethnic minorities, were interviewed using the FACT-Cx questionnaire within 3 months of receiving treatment.
Results
Patients of Han ethnicity and ethnic minorities were comparable in both sociodemographic and clinical features. The total FACT-Cx scores were 139.38 ± 9.83 and 134.39 ± 13.63 in Han and ethnic minority patients, respectively (P < 0.05). Significant differences were shown in physical well-being, emotional well-being and the FACT-Cx subscale between the Han and ethnic minority groups. Independent predictors of the FACT-Cx scale were ethnicity, educational level, participation in the National Cervical Cancer Screening Program for Rural Areas (NCCSPRA) and clinical stage.
Conclusions
The results of our study imply that the HRQOL of Han patients is better than that of ethnic minority patients. Thus, clinicians and related health workers should pay more attention to the HRQOL of cervical cancer patients, especially for ethnic minority patients, and provide psychosocial interventions as much as possible to improve their HRQOL. Policies should also aim to strengthen health education regarding cervical cancer and expand the coverage of the NCCSPRA among those who are ethnic minorities, are older and have low educational levels.
Funder
he Major Union Specific Project Foundation of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department and Kunming Medical University
the Scientific Research Fund Project of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Education
the Planning Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Yunnan Province
the Program for Innovative Research Team of Yunnan Province
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology,Reproductive Medicine,General Medicine
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