KMID : 1035120190190030135
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Asian Oncology Nursing 2019 Volume.19 No. 3 p.135 ~ p.141
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Effects of Illness Perception and Health Beliefs on the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in the Yanbian Area of China
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Zheng Fenshan
Lee Og-Cheol Zhou Jie Li Chunyu
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to identify the effects of illness perception and health beliefs on the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer patients.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Data were collected using questionnaires administered to 200 patients admitted for chemotherapy after a partial or total mastectomy at a university hospital in Yanji City. The data were analyzed using t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson¡¯s correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression analysis.
Results: The QOL of the breast cancer patients was significantly correlated with health beliefs and a subfactor of illness perception. The significant factors influencing QOL were understanding illness and feeling threatened, accounting for 31.7% of the variance in QOL.
Conclusion: Illness perception of breast cancer patients had a negative influence on QOL, whereas health beliefs affected it positively. An implication of this study¡¯s findings is that interventions to reduce negative illness perception can improve the QOL among breast cancer patients.
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KEYWORD
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Breast neoplasms, Quality of life, Illness perceptions, Beliefs, China
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