Research Article

Effect of Community-Based Occupational Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life and Engagement in Meaningful Activities of Women with Breast Cancer

Table 6

Relationship between engagement in meaningful activities and evaluations scores of health-related quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) in women with breast cancer.

Scales of the quality of life questionnaireRelationship with changes in the engagement in meaningful activities 
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EORTC QLQ-C30
 Global health status/QoL
Functional scales
 Physical functioning
 Role functioning
 Emotional functioning
 Cognitive functioning
 Social functioning
Symptom scales
 Fatigue
 Nausea and vomiting
 Pain
 Dyspnoea
 Insomnia
 Appetite loss
 Constipation
 Diarrhoea
 Financial difficulties

Statistical significance was determined according to Spearman’s correlation coefficient; the association was statistically significant when < 0.05.