Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors

Group psychotherapy or support group (SG) interventions have been reported to improve the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. For an improved life of Malaysian breast cancer survivors, facilities for SG interventions have been set up both in the urban and rural areas of the country. However,...

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Main Authors:	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide, Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah, Samad Cheung, Humairah, Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/1/Causal_links_in_QOL_sub-domains_accentuate_greater_support.pdf

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spelling	iium-226492012-03-19T11:42:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/ Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah Samad Cheung, Humairah Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) Group psychotherapy or support group (SG) interventions have been reported to improve the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. For an improved life of Malaysian breast cancer survivors, facilities for SG interventions have been set up both in the urban and rural areas of the country. However, the impact of support group participation on QOL of these patients, and factors that may influence it have remained elusive. This study, examines the impact of SG participation on the QOL of Malaysian breast cancer survivors using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) questionnaire. Multiple comparisons using the Tukey HSD show that the QOL measure for rural SG participants are significantly lower (F(2,55) = 14.570; p < 0.01) than for urban SG participants. Analysis of the interrelationships between the QOL sub-domains indicated that functional wellbeing (FWB) fully mediates the effects of physical wellbeing (PWB) and emotional wellbeing (EWB) on social wellbeing (SWB). In addition, PWB was relatively more influential than EWB in determining patients’ FWB and SWB while PWB, EWB and FWB collectively explained about 25% of the variability in SWB. Findings of this study thus indicate that measurement of QOL is relative to patients’ location i.e., urban or rural, which in turn reflects the patients’ education and financial background. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/1/Causal_links_in_QOL_sub-domains_accentuate_greater_support.pdf Abu Kassim , Noor Lide and Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah and Samad Cheung, Humairah and Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur (2010) Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/10/sub10/author/list_p.php
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spellingShingle	RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah Samad Cheung, Humairah Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
description	Group psychotherapy or support group (SG) interventions have been reported to improve the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. For an improved life of Malaysian breast cancer survivors, facilities for SG interventions have been set up both in the urban and rural areas of the country. However, the impact of support group participation on QOL of these patients, and factors that may influence it have remained elusive. This study, examines the impact of SG participation on the QOL of Malaysian breast cancer survivors using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) questionnaire. Multiple comparisons using the Tukey HSD show that the QOL measure for rural SG participants are significantly lower (F(2,55) = 14.570; p < 0.01) than for urban SG participants. Analysis of the interrelationships between the QOL sub-domains indicated that functional wellbeing (FWB) fully mediates the effects of physical wellbeing (PWB) and emotional wellbeing (EWB) on social wellbeing (SWB). In addition, PWB was relatively more influential than EWB in determining patients’ FWB and SWB while PWB, EWB and FWB collectively explained about 25% of the variability in SWB. Findings of this study thus indicate that measurement of QOL is relative to patients’ location i.e., urban or rural, which in turn reflects the patients’ education and financial background.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah Samad Cheung, Humairah Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
author_facet	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah Samad Cheung, Humairah Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
author_sort	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
title	Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_short	Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_full	Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_fullStr	Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_full_unstemmed	Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
title_sort	causal links in qol sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22649/1/Causal_links_in_QOL_sub-domains_accentuate_greater_support.pdf
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Causal links in QOL sub-domains accentuate greater support for physical and emotional well-being of breast cancer survivors

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