- Research Article
- 10.36517/2175-6783.20262796402
Fatores associados à qualidade de vida em câncer de mama avançado durante quimioterapia paliativa
- Mar 13, 2026
- Rev Rene
- Larissa Marcondes + 6 more +6
Objective: to investigate sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with quality of life in women with advanced breast cancer beginning palliative chemotherapy. Methods: this observational, cross-sectional, and analytical study evaluated women with advanced breast cancer starting palliative chemotherapy at an oncology outpatient clinic. We administered sociodemographic and clinical questionnaires, alongside the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – General. Analyses included descriptive statistics, Student’s t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation, using bootstrapping (2,000 resamples) for effect size at a significance level of p≤0.05. Results: the study included 123 women with a mean age of 53.25 years. The overall quality of life score was 55.28. Overall quality of life differed significantly based on the number of children (p=0.008) and receipt of government financial assistance (p=0.003). Conclusion: clinical and sociodemographic factors, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and having children, correlated with poorer quality of life in women with advanced breast cancer. Contributions to practice: these findings underscore the need for continuous, comprehensive monitoring of quality of life and the external factors affecting this outcome in women with advanced breast cancer.
Read more