Investigation of the Relationship between Health Literacy and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients Treated in the Oncology Clinic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Investigation of the Relationship between Health Literacy and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients Treated in the Oncology Clinic

Published:2022-09-05 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2149-9519
Container-title:Journal of International Health Sciences and Management
language:en
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Author:

AVCI Sezer¹,AYIK Muhammet²

Affiliation:

1. HASAN KALYONCU ÜNİVERSİTESİ

2. DİCLE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Abstract

The research was carried out to examine the relationship between health literacy and quality of life in cancer patients treated in the oncology clinics of a university hospital in a city in Turkey. The cross-sectional study was conducted with 160 cancer patients treated between September 2020 and July 2021. In the collection of data, Information Form for Introducing Cancer Patients, Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL), and Turkey Health Literacy-32 (THL-32) Scale were used. The mean total score of the patients from the THL-32 Scale was 33.82±13.29, and the total mean RSCL score was 43.31±18.10. The scores obtained from the sub-dimensions of RSCL are as follows: Physical Symptom Discomfort (51.34±25.79), Psychological Symptom Discomfort (61.63±25.82), Activity Level (28.98±33.61), Quality of Life (78.43±16.11). It was found that there was a moderate positive correlation between the total mean score of RSCL and the mean score of THL-32 Scale (r=0.31, p

Publisher

Journal of International Health Sciences and Management

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

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