A prospective observational study of chemotherapy-induced adverse drug reaction and the quality of life in cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital

• Published in: Journal of cancer research and therapeutics Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 530 - 536
• Main Authors: Krishnarajan, D, Sivasakthi, K, Ariyamol, R, Kumar, D, Varghese, Soniya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2021; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adverse and side effects; Age Factors; Aged; Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Cancer; Cancer patients; Causality; Chemotherapy; Complications and side effects; Drug therapy; Drugs; Female; Health aspects; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nausea - chemically induced; Nausea - epidemiology; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Observational studies; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Sex Factors; Tertiary Care Centers - statistics & numerical data; Vomiting - chemically induced; Vomiting - epidemiology; Young Adult; India; cancer; Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; quality of life; chemotherapy; Naranjo scale; ADR

Aim: The aim was to study the pattern of adverse drug reaction (ADR) provoked by anticancer therapy and to assess the quality of life (QoL) in cancer patients. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in Tamil Nadu on 75 patients from February to July 2019 taking into account their demographi...