A new measurement scale for evaluating health-related quality of life in men with prostate cancer

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Objectives:Thisstudyaimed to identify and study most properties of the specific and general health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) in prostate cancer patients,aswell as creating a new measurement scale for assessing QoL among prostate cancer patients.

Methodology: Across sectional(descriptive) study was conducted to evaluate General Quality of life in patients with prostate cancer.

A sample of 100 prostate cancer patients from Al-Amal National hospital for cancer management and Oncology Center in Baghdad Medical City.

This study applied format of General World Health Organization Quality of Life-BERFquestionnaire.The methods used descriptive statistics to evaluate the General QoL-Improvements, as well as inferential statistical methods were usedsuch that (Wilcoxon Signed Rank,McNemar).

Results: Patients with prostate cancer have different assessment concerning general QoL, and have instability of their daily life cycle, within a moderate level.

Regarding Specific QoL, overall result showed moderate assessmentof quality of life,nbut some domains showed worse assessment than others specially (sexual confidence, sexual intimacy and prostate specific antigen(PSA)concern domains).

Other domains accounted moderate responses and those were (urinary control, masculine and self-esteem, heath worry, cancer control, informed decision and outlook), while (marital affection, sexual intimacy and regret) accounted high responding,therefore, prostate cancer patients have instability of their daily life cycle,within a moderate level.

A new measurement scale was created using factor analysis technique on WHO HRQoL BREF and specific HRQoL of prostate cancer patients.