Quality of life of colorectal cancer survivors in a Ghanaian population.
Joseph YorkeEmmanuel AcheampongEmmanuella Nsenbah BatuChristian ObirikorangFrancis Agyemang YeboahEvans Adu AsamoahPublished in: BMC research notes (2019)
We collected quality of life (QoL) data from colorectal patients who were diagnosed between 2009 and 2015 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and have survived until January 2017. The dataset consists of patients' demographic data, clinicopathological characteristics, and QoL data. The validated QoL instruments for data curation was an adopted version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 and the EORTC QLQ-CR29. The QLQ-C30 was a 30-item general cancer instrument with 5 functional subscales, and 9 symptom subscales, whereas the QLQ-CR29 was a 29-item scale that consisted of 3 functional QOL subscales and 14 symptom subscales, that are associated with colorectal cancer and its treatment. The QoL instrument was coded such that higher scores indicated increased function and better QoL, and higher symptom scores represent worse symptoms.
Keyphrases
- electronic health record
- papillary thyroid
- big data
- patient reported outcomes
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- patient reported
- psychometric properties
- squamous cell
- data analysis
- young adults
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- lymph node metastasis
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning