Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Cancer Patients under Chemotherapy in Tehran (2004)

Abstract

Introduction: Cancer patients face psychosocial and physical problems, which may have an impact on the patient’s quality of life (QOL). The quality of life is a powerful factor when it comes to the guidance, maintenance and increasing the level of health and culture of communities. No more attention has been paid to QOL of patients with cancer in our country. Close relation between medical health staffs, mainly nurses, and patients who are suffering from cancer will assist the medical and health staffs and the patients to better understanding the different aspects of quality of life to increase the level of health in such patients.