Systematic Review: Efforts to Increase Quality of Life For Breast Cancer Patients

Background: Continuous breast cancer treatment that takes a long time can cause boredom which ultimately leads to discontinuation of therapy and even decreased quality of life. People with advanced cancer treatment show a lower quality of life than people with previous cancer and people who have never had cancer. Objective: This systematic review aims to explore alternative measures to improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients. Methods: Source search strategy from two electronic databases: CINAHL and Proquest with a limit of 2009 to 2018. The inclusion criteria used were articles relating to alternative measures to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, published online in English, having various research unit in a hospital or community. Results: From the search results, 40 articles were obtained, while those that matched the inclusion criteria were 8 articles. Based on the analysis of efforts to improve the quality of life of cancer patients. Efforts to improve the quality of life of cancer patients can be grouped into 8 actions, namely meeting spiritual needs, spiritual well-being, family support, daily activities, reflexology, health education, self-care, and alternative medicine. Conclusion: Quality of life in cancer patients can be improved by choosing an alternative course of action. If sufferers, families and health workers are committed to taking action according to the proposed procedure, it will improve the quality of life of cancer patients.Abstrak: Latar Belakang: Perawatan kanker peyudara yang berkelanjutan yang membutuhkan waktu lama dapat menyebabkan kebosanan yang pada akhirnya menyebabkan putusnya terapi dan bahkan penurunan kualitas hidup. Orang-orang dengan perawatan kanker lanjut menunjukkan kualitas hidup yang lebih rendah daripada orang-orang yang sebelumnya menderita kanker dan orang-orang yang tidak pernah menderita kanker. Tujuan: Sistematic review ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi tindakan alternatif untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup pasien kanker payudara. Metode: ...