Volume 28, Issue 4
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2018.1051
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER
Abstract
An investigation was conducted to evaluate the effect of a cognitive behavioral intervention program to improve the Quality of Life (CV) of patients with breast cancer and cervical cancer in the State of Mexico. This involved 13 patients; 6 with breast cancer and 7 with cervical cancer in different phases of treatment. The quality of life in patients was evaluated using the Quality of Life and Health Inventory (InCaViSa). The treatment lasted 4 weeks and the measurements were performed 4 weeks before the intervention and 4 weeks after the intervention. The results revealed statistically and clinically significant improvements in six areas of the quality of life of the participants.
Keywords
Quality of life, breast cancer, cervical cancer, cognitive-behavioral intervention