Living Quality Evaluation of Liver Cancer Patients at Bai Chay Hospital, Quang Ninh Province in 2019

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the quality of life of liver cancer patients being treated at the Cancer Center of Bai Chay Hospital, Quang Ninh province in 2019.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study using the EORTC-C30 questionnaire.

Results and conclusion: Patients self-assessed that the disease did not affect quality of life was 8.7%, and 4.8% of patients thought that life was greatly affected. Up to 50% of patients are affected much and much in the functional and symptomatic domains. People with underlying medical conditions are greatly affected by quality of life (21.3%), people without underlying diseases, quality of life is not affected (40.5%).