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. 2024 Feb 6;86(4):2088-2097.
doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001058. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Health-related quality of life and related factors in patients with colorectal cancer in Iran: a systematic review

Zahra Naeimabadi  1 , Homayoon Bana Derakhshan  2 , Maryam Rassouli  3 , Abbas Ebadi  4
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Health-related quality of life and related factors in patients with colorectal cancer in Iran: a systematic review

Zahra Naeimabadi et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Introduction: This systematic review aims to examine the health-related quality of life (QOL) in Iranian patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and its related factors.

Methods: A thorough, systematic search was conducted in different international electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Persian electronic databases such as Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database using keywords such as "Colorectal neoplasm", "Colorectal tumors", "Colorectal cancer", "Quality of life", and "Life quality" from the earliest to 17 October 2022. The quality of the studies included in this systematic review was evaluated using the appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies (AXIS tool).

Results: There were 820 CRC patients in the five cross-sectional studies that made up this systematic review. The mean score of QOL in patients with CRC was 61.99 (SD=15.87) out of 100 based on EORTC-QLQ-C30, which indicates a moderate to good level of QOL. Factors such as age, gender, living conditions, level of education, occupation, monthly income, health insurance, physical activity, performance status, and comorbidities had a significant relationship with QOL in patients with CRC.

Conclusion: In sum, the findings of the five studies that were a part of this systematic review revealed that Iranian patients with CRC had a moderate to good QOL. Therefore, managers and health policymakers can create psychological counseling programs with an emphasis on the factors affecting the QOL of patients in light of how crucial it is to raise patients' understanding of the long-term impacts of CRC and how they affect their QOL.

Keywords: colorectal cancer; colorectal neoplasm; colorectal tumor; quality of life; systematic review.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.

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Flow diagram of the study selection process.
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Assessment of the quality of the included articles.
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