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- - The study focused on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with spheno-orbital meningiomas who underwent surgery, using the EORTC QLQ C-30 questionnaire for assessment.
- - Researchers analyzed data from 40 patients at a central hospital in Indonesia and found significant improvements in various aspects of quality of life after surgery, including emotional and social functioning.
- - The findings suggest that the EORTC QLQ-C30 is effective for measuring changes in HRQoL before and after surgical treatment, indicating better outcomes for patients post-surgery.
Article Abstract
Objective: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become an important outcome for neurosurgical patients underwent surgery. The authors utilized the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ C-30) to assess the quality of life of spheno-orbital meningiomas patients after surgery in one national central referral hospital in Indonesia.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, medical record-based data of 40 spheno-orbital meningioma patients who underwent surgery at Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia from October-December 2016 were analyzed. Differences between pre-and postsurgical EORTC scores was examined using the Student's t test.
Results: There was a statistically significant increase of EORTC QLQ-C30 scores in global health status, role functioning, emotional functioning, cognitive functioning, and social functioning variables, and statistically significant decrease for clinical symptoms variables.
Conclusion: Evidently, there was improvement in HRQoL in spheno-orbital meningiomas patients after surgery, in whom EORTC QLQ-C30 can be used to assess the HRQoL prior to and after surgical procedures.
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