Abstract
Cancer treatments are expected to improve the quality of life of the patients. Thus the comparison of the quality of life before and after treatment is important to be present. Several dimensions are used in measuring the quality of life, i.e., global quality of life, physical functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning, cognitive functioning, and social functioning. We applied meta-analysis to identify the comparison based on the included study material from Google Scholar. The duration in measuring the quality of life after treatment is at least two months. The treatments included in this study are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. There are 12 suitable study materials from 1150 available articles. The models used are a random-effects model since there exists heterogeneity between studies for all variables. In general, the quality of life of patients after treatment has increased, which is indicated by the negative mean difference estimation for all variables. However, the improvement of the quality of life in the dimensions of role functioning and cognitive functioning is not significant. Meanwhile, in the other four dimensions, the improvement was significant. Thus, cancer treatments are able to improve the patient's quality of life in the long term.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Soft Computing in Data Science - 6th International Conference, SCDS 2021, Proceedings |
| Editors | Azlinah Mohamed, Bee Wah Yap, Jasni Mohamad Zain, Michael W. Berry |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
| Pages | 341-350 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811673337 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Event | 6th International Conference on Soft Computing in Data Science, SCDS 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 2 Nov 2021 → 3 Nov 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | Communications in Computer and Information Science |
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| Volume | 1489 CCIS |
| ISSN (Print) | 1865-0929 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1865-0937 |
Conference
| Conference | 6th International Conference on Soft Computing in Data Science, SCDS 2021 |
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| City | Virtual, Online |
| Period | 2/11/21 → 3/11/21 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Cancer
- Meta-analysis
- Quality of life
- Treatment
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