Health-related quality of life in breast cancer: A cross-cultural survey of German, Japanese, and South Korean patients

Eun-Jung Shim,Anja Mehnert,Atsuko Koyama,Seong-Jin Cho,Hiroki Inui,Nam-Sun Paik,Uwe Koch

Health-related quality of life in breast cancer: A cross-cultural survey of German, Japanese, and South Korean patients

2006

Eun-Jung Shim
Anja Mehnert
Atsuko Koyama
Seong-Jin Cho
Hiroki Inui
Nam-Sun Paik
Uwe Koch

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in breast cancer patients across countries, and to cross-culturally examine the impact of psychosocial factors on HRQOL.

Keywords:

Breast cancer
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Psychosocial
Coping (psychology)
Cancer
Social support
Medicine
German
Quality of life
Psychiatry
Gerontology
Cross-cultural

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