International Journal of Breast Cancer

Research Article

Female Breast Cancer Patients, Mastectomy-Related Quality of Life: Experience from Ethiopia

Table 2

QOL, functional capacity, and symptom scales of female breast cancer patients, mastectomy-related quality of life (SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018).


Scale	Scale	Mean	Median

EORTC QLQ-C30¹	GHS/QOL²	48.25	48.1
EORTC QLQ-BR23³	Functional scales
	Body image	69.3	74.6
	Future perspective	40.3	42
	Sexual functioning	85.3	89.6
	Sexual enjoyment	71.2	73.2
	Symptom scales/items
	Breast symptoms	19.1	15.3
	Arm symptoms	24.5	20.3

¹European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire. ²GHS/QOL: global health status/quality of life. ³EORTC QLQ-BR23: European Organization for Research and Treatment Center Quality of Life Questionnaire Breast Cancer-Specific. NB: Items for the scales marked are scored positively (i.e., “very much” is best) and therefore use the same algebraic equation as for symptom scales; however, the body image scale uses the algebraic equation for functioning scales.