الملخص الإنجليزي
Non-communicable diseases including cancer are responsible for about 70% of deaths
worldwide. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in examining sleep quality
and cancer-related fatigue among cancer population as both have a direct effect on patients'
health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A strong association has been found between
HRQoL, cancer-related fatigue and sleep quality; wherein management of these symptoms
improves HRQoL. Among Omanis with cancer, limited studies have examined sleep quality,
cancer-related fatigue, and HRQoL. Moreover, what is not yet clear is the impact of patients'
demographical characteristics and patients' clinical characteristics on HRQoL in Omani
hospitalized patients with cancer.
Objective: The study aims to examine sleep quality, cancer-related fatigue and patients'
demographic and clinical characteristics in relation to HRQoL and to examine the
determinants of HRQoL among hospitalized Omani patients with cancer.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive correlational design was used to conduct the study
among Omani hospitalized patients diagnosed with breast, colorectal, thyroid, prostate, and
stomach. A total of 275 adult participants were recruited from two main oncology centers in
Oman. The Arabic translated versions of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Brief Fatigue
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Inventory, and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy instruments were used in this
study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the analysis using SPSS version 24.
Results:
The results showed that about 64 % of participants reported poor sleep quality and 18.5%
had severe cancer-related fatigue. Cancer-related fatigue, sleep quality, age, and prostate and
thyroid cancer were found to be determinants of HRQoL in Omanis with cancer.
Conclusion: Determinants of HRQoL should be taking into consideration by health care
providers and stockholders during providing care to achieve the best patient outcome.
