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Editorial: Resilience, Quality Of Life And Psychosocial Outcomes Of Cancer Patients And Their Caregivers, Nida Zahid, Nargis Asad, Ashraf El-Metwally
Editorial: Resilience, Quality Of Life And Psychosocial Outcomes Of Cancer Patients And Their Caregivers, Nida Zahid, Nargis Asad, Ashraf El-Metwally
Department of Surgery
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Translation And Validation Of The Urdu Version Of The European Organization For Research And Treatment Of Cancer Core Quality Of Life Questionnaire (Eortc Qlq-C30) And Brain Module (Qlq-Bn20) In Primary Brain Tumor Patients, Nida Zahid, Russell S. Martins, Wajeeha Zahid, Wardah Khalid, Syed Iqbal Azam, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Nargis Asad, Khabir Ahmad, Adnan Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Rashid Jooma, Gohar Javed, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Ather Enam
Translation And Validation Of The Urdu Version Of The European Organization For Research And Treatment Of Cancer Core Quality Of Life Questionnaire (Eortc Qlq-C30) And Brain Module (Qlq-Bn20) In Primary Brain Tumor Patients, Nida Zahid, Russell S. Martins, Wajeeha Zahid, Wardah Khalid, Syed Iqbal Azam, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Nargis Asad, Khabir Ahmad, Adnan Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Rashid Jooma, Gohar Javed, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Ather Enam
Department of Surgery
Introduction: This study translated and validated the Urdu version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life (QoL) Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and Brain Module (QLQ-BN20) amongst patients with primary brain tumors (PBT) in Pakistan, and assessed the correlation of QoL with resilience, depression, and anxiety.
Methods: Translation of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BN20 was performed as per EORTC guidelines. A survey comprising of Urdu translations of EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-BN20, Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale (RS-14) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was administered to patients with PBT at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Reliability …
Resilience And Its Associated Factors In Head And Neck Cancer Patients In Pakistan: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study, Nida Zahid, Wajeeha Zahid, Wardah Khalid, Syed Iqbal Azam, Mubasher Ikram, Aneesa Hassan, Haissan Iftikhar, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Adnan Jabbar, Shabbir Akhtar, Moghira Siddiqui, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Nargis Asad, Khabir Ahmad
Resilience And Its Associated Factors In Head And Neck Cancer Patients In Pakistan: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study, Nida Zahid, Wajeeha Zahid, Wardah Khalid, Syed Iqbal Azam, Mubasher Ikram, Aneesa Hassan, Haissan Iftikhar, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Adnan Jabbar, Shabbir Akhtar, Moghira Siddiqui, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Nargis Asad, Khabir Ahmad
Department of Surgery
Introduction: The study aimed to assess resilience and its associated factors in head and neck cancer patients, post-treatment in a low middle income country (LMIC) such as Pakistan.
Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2019 to May 2020 among head and neck cancer patients aged at least 18 years at the largest private tertiary care hospital, in Karachi, Pakistan. Information regarding their resilience scores was collected through Wagnild and Young's Resilience scale that comprises of 14 items (RS-14). Moreover, depression and anxiety were also assessed via Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and social support was assessed …