Kimlin Ashing?Giwa|Patricia A. Ganz|Laura Petersen
Quality of life of African-American and white long term breast carcinoma survivors
Alliant International University
increasingly quality life qol women diagnosed breast carcinoma studied however little information regarding long term survivors among ethnic minority women purpose study describe qol long term breast carcinoma survivors bcs examine role ethnicity influencing wellbeingthe authors conducted mailed survey examine qol health perceptions life stress among long term bcs subjects diagnosed 1989 1990 identified among respondents prior study originally recruited california tumor registry survey instrument included standard measures qol eg rand sf36 health perceptions scale cancer rehabilitation evaluation surveyshort form caressf ladder life new itemstwo hundred seventyeight women participated 117 africanamerican 161 white initial univariate evaluation caressf rand sf36 health perceptions scale suggested potential ethnicityrelated differences qol control various medical demographic characteristics examine potential relation ethnicity qol multiple regression analyses conducted final model accounted 45 rsquare 0450 variance qol general health perception life stress income partnership status comorbid conditions included modelthe results study suggest overall bcs report favorable healthrelated qol differences qol outcomes attributable socioeconomic lifeburden factors ethnicity