Quality of life of cervical cancer patients registered at National Cancer Institute Maharagama

Abstract

Sample size as 351 patients A questionnaire administered b an interviewer was the 'instrument for data co collection. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS. The ages of all the participants in this study) varied between 22 to 87 years. Their mean age was 56 years. From the sample of cervical cancer patients interviewed 53.3 percent resided in the Western Province ( Colombo , Gampaha and Kalutara districts and 5 .4 percent lived in rural areas. Housewives consisted 81.2 percent of the patients and 62.7 percent belonged to families with a monthly income blow Rs. 50 01