Daniel Ongaratto Barazzetti1, Pedro Henrique Ongaratto Barazzetti2, Bárbara Thomé Cavalheiro3, Jorge Bins Ely4, Daniel Holthausen Nunes5, Ana Maria Nunes de Faria Stamm6. 1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil. 2. Medical student, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas (RS), Brazil. 3. Department of Anesthesiology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil. 4. Department of Operating Technique and Experimental Surgery, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil. 5. Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil. 6. Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Non-melanoma skin cancer accounts for a third of all malignancies registered in Brazil, with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) being one of its subtypes. It develops in photo-exposed areas, affecting social habits and causing negative influence on quality of life (QoL). OBJECTIVES: To evaluate QoL in patients with primary cutaneous SCC. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in patients with clinical diagnosis of SCC, corroborated by dermoscopy and confirmed by histopathology; prior to resection of the tumor using the double-blade scalpel technique, a questionnaire on the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was applied. RESULTS: Among the 46 evaluated patients, mean age was 67.1 ± 16.0 years, with a predominance of males, low educational level and socioeconomic status, Fitzpatrick II phototype, history of outdoor work, and tumor location in exposed photo areas. Mean DLQI was 4.02 ± 0.63, and in the categorization, 11 (23.9%) had a moderate to severe negative effect on QoL. The skin tumor had a negative impact on daily activities (33% of cases), treatment effects (30%), and symptoms and feelings (29%). Study limitations: There is no gold standard instrument for assessing QoL in dermatological patients. CONCLUSION: In the study sample, one-fourth of patients with SCC had a moderate to severe negative effect on quality of life.
BACKGROUND:Non-melanoma skin cancer accounts for a third of all malignancies registered in Brazil, with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) being one of its subtypes. It develops in photo-exposed areas, affecting social habits and causing negative influence on quality of life (QoL). OBJECTIVES: To evaluate QoL in patients with primary cutaneous SCC. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in patients with clinical diagnosis of SCC, corroborated by dermoscopy and confirmed by histopathology; prior to resection of the tumor using the double-blade scalpel technique, a questionnaire on the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was applied. RESULTS: Among the 46 evaluated patients, mean age was 67.1 ± 16.0 years, with a predominance of males, low educational level and socioeconomic status, Fitzpatrick II phototype, history of outdoor work, and tumor location in exposed photo areas. Mean DLQI was 4.02 ± 0.63, and in the categorization, 11 (23.9%) had a moderate to severe negative effect on QoL. The skin tumor had a negative impact on daily activities (33% of cases), treatment effects (30%), and symptoms and feelings (29%). Study limitations: There is no gold standard instrument for assessing QoL in dermatological patients. CONCLUSION: In the study sample, one-fourth of patients with SCC had a moderate to severe negative effect on quality of life.
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