Pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients

Weruska Alcoforado Costa, Michelly Nóbrega Monteiro, Janice França Queiroz, Ana Katherine Gonçalves, Weruska Alcoforado Costa, Michelly Nóbrega Monteiro, Janice França Queiroz, Ana Katherine Gonçalves

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the influence of pain on quality of life in breast cancer patients.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 400 patients, including 118 without metastasis, 160 with loco-regional metastasis and 122 with distant metastasis. The instruments used were the European Organization for Research and Treatment for Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 and the Breast Cancer-specific 23 and short McGill Pain Questionnaire.

Results: In total, 71.7% of patients reported pain. The most frequent sensory descriptor used by patients was 'jumping.' In the evaluative dimension, the main descriptor chosen was troublesome. The Global Health self-assessment showed pain to be inversely correlated with quality of life: the group without metastasis had a mean score of 55.3 (SD=24.8) for those in pain, which rose to 69.7 (SD=19.2) for those without pain (p=0.001). Subjects with loco-regional metastasis had score of 59.1 (SD=21.3) when in pain, and those without pain had a significantly higher score of 72.4 (SD=18.6) (p<0.001). Patients from the distant metastasis group showed similar results with a mean score of 48.6 (SD=23.1) for those in pain and 67.6 (SD=20.4) for those without pain (p=0.002). Regarding the association of pain intensity and quality of life, patients with distant metastasis and intense pain had the worst scores for quality of life with a functional scale mean of 49.9 (SD=17.3) (p<0.009), a Symptom Scale score of 50.0 (SD=20.1) (p<0.001) and a Global Health Scale score of 39.7 (SD=24.7) (p<0.006).

Conclusions: Pain compromises the quality of life of patients with breast cancer, particularly those with advanced stages of the disease.

Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported.

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