The relationship between illness perception and quality of life in thyroid patients who received radioactive iodine-131 ablation treatment
Journal Title: Medical Science and Discovery - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Objective: Most of the differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) patients recover totally after the primary treatment. Unlike most of the other cancer types, the patients do not go through a long, challenging and weary treatment process in thyroid cancers. Illness perception has been suggested to have a significant effect on quality of life on cancer patients. We aimed to evaluate the effect of illness perception on quality of life in thyroid cancer patients who had radioactive iodine-131 treatment after total thyroidectomy.Methods: Totally one hundred patients were included in this cross-sectional study. Patients' age, educational level, marital status and disease characteristics including stage, treatment and follow-up period since diagnosis were reviewed. Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36), the illness Perception Questionnaire were used to assess the quality of life and illness perception, respectively.Results: When we correlated the illness perception sub-scales and quality of life dimensions in our study, the most apparent negative correlation was seen between the immunity dimension of the disease sub-scale and quality of life subdimensions. There was also a negative and significant (p<0.05) correlation between the dimensions of ability to understand the disease and overall health. Conclusion: The low ability of patients to understand the disease significantly affects the negative impact on the quality of life of the disease perception. The needs of patients monitored during the remission period should be determined and a multidisciplinary approach should be preferred when necessary.
Authors and Affiliations
Güzide Akyıldız, Gülçin Elboğa, Umut Elboğa, Ertan Şahin
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP520612
- DOI 10.17546/msd.536251
- Views 72
- Downloads 0
Investigation of GREMLIN 1, COL15A1 immunoreactivity and the relationship between microvessel density and GREMLIN 1 in papillary renal cell carcinoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Objective: The current study aimed to investigate expressions of Gremlin 1 (GREM1) (a bone morphogenetic protein antagonist and a proangiogenic factor) and COL15A1 (Collagen type XV alpha-1, encodes the proteoglycans loc...
Determination of platelet count and platelet indices in canine parvoviral enteritit
Objective: Canine parvoviruses (CPV) are DNA viruses with symptoms that can cause death in young dogs. The aim of this study was to characterize platelet count and platelet indices at the time of diagnosis...
Effects of melatonin and agomelatine on doxorubicin induced anxiety and depression-like behaviors in rats
Objective: Doxorubicin (DOX) is a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat several cancer types; however, it exhibits severe side effects in the nervous system which DOX treatment evoked neurobehavioral alte...
Susac’s syndrome : 2 cases without hearing loss
Susac’s syndrome is a disease of the microvasculature in the brain, inner ear (cochlea and vestibular apparatus) and retina that consists of a clinical triad of encephalopathy, hearing loss and visual disturbance. It is...
Compensation of MRI findings in asymptomatic patients with chronic low back pain
Objective: Chronic low back pain can originate from a number of constructs. It has a range of pathologies depending on multifactorial causes. In this study, we aimed to investigate in asymptomatic patients who...