Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study

Magdalena Sowa; Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek; Ewelina Monastyrska; Tomasz Nowikiewicz; Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska; Wojciech Hagner; Wojciech Zegarski

doi:10.5114/wo.2018.74389

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Original paper

Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study

Magdalena Sowa

,

Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek

,

Ewelina Monastyrska

,

Tomasz Nowikiewicz

,

Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska

,

Wojciech Hagner

,

Wojciech Zegarski

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2018; 22 (1): 20-26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2018.74389

Online publish date: 2018/04/03

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Sowa M, Głowacka-Mrotek I, Monastyrska E, et al. Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia. 2018;22(1):20-26. doi:10.5114/wo.2018.74389.

APA

Sowa, M., Głowacka-Mrotek, I., Monastyrska, E., Nowikiewicz, T., Mackiewicz-Milewska, M.,  & Hagner, W. et al. (2018). Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia, 22(1), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2018.74389

Chicago

Sowa, Magdalena, Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek, Ewelina Monastyrska, Tomasz Nowikiewicz, Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska, Wojciech Hagner,  and Wojciech Zegarski. 2018. "Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study". Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia 22 (1): 20-26. doi:10.5114/wo.2018.74389.

Harvard

Sowa, M., Głowacka-Mrotek, I., Monastyrska, E., Nowikiewicz, T., Mackiewicz-Milewska, M., Hagner, W.,  and Zegarski, W. (2018). Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia, 22(1), pp.20-26. https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2018.74389

MLA

Sowa, Magdalena et al. "Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study." Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia, vol. 22, no. 1, 2018, pp. 20-26. doi:10.5114/wo.2018.74389.

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Sowa M, Głowacka-Mrotek I, Monastyrska E, Nowikiewicz T, Mackiewicz-Milewska M, Hagner W et al. Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia. 2018;22(1):20-26. doi:10.5114/wo.2018.74389.

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Aim of the study
To assess the quality of life in patients treated for breast cancer who were 5 years after diagnosis and were active members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups.

Material and methods
The study had a non-randomized, cross-sectional design. We enrolled 167 women who were more than 5 years after mastectomy and were active members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups (group A1). As a control group we enrolled 117 women after mastectomy – not members of such support groups (group A2). For the evaluation of the quality of life in both groups we used the following standardized questionnaires – EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR23 as well the Mini-MAC scale for the assessment of strategies of coping with disease.

Results
Based on QLQ C30 scores, group A1 had better emotional functioning (p = 0.0005) and a higher general quality of life (p = 0.0259), whereas group A2 had better role functioning (p = 0.0042). Based on QLQ BR23 scores, there were statistically significant differences in body image (p = 0.0366) and life perspectives (p = 0.0313) in favor of group A1. In the control group, there was a greater use of destructive coping strategies and anxious preoccupation (p = 0.1957).

Conclusions
Membership in Amazon groups improves functioning in breast cancer patients that can also extend into a five-year period after treatment completion.

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Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study

Magdalena Sowa , Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek , Ewelina Monastyrska , Tomasz Nowikiewicz , Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska , Wojciech Hagner , Wojciech Zegarski

breast cancer, Self-Help Groups, quality of life, mastectomy, standardized questionnaires

Magdalena Sowa

,

Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek

,

Ewelina Monastyrska

,

Tomasz Nowikiewicz

,

Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska

,

Wojciech Hagner

,

Wojciech Zegarski