Chronic diseases affect the overall quality of life of patients as it negatively impacts different areas in life. The review assessed and qualitatively compared the quality of life (QoL) of patients suffering from three chronic diseases namely patients undergoing hemodialysis, patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and patients with breast cancer. Qualitative assessment of previous studies using the Ferrans and Powers quality of life index was conducted. Nineteen (19) full texts were included and comprehensively analyzed. Statistically significant lower scores were noted on the health/functioning and socio-economic domains of patients undergoing hemodialysis and no significant difference in other areas on the quality of life. There was also no significant difference in the overall scores among the three chronic diseases under study. But while the overall QoL of patients are within the same range, results suggest that hemodialysis patients experience the greatest negative impact in terms of socio-economic and health/functioning domains in the QoL. Thus, health interventions, educational programs, and policy formulations should focus on improving these aspects. This would also call for a multi-disciplinary approach to address the issues related to the quality of life of hemodialysis patients.

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血液透析，乳腺癌和2型糖尿病患者生活质量的回顾

慢性病会影响患者的不同生活，因此会影响患者的整体生活质量。该评价评估并定性比较了患有三种慢性疾病的患者的生活质量（QoL），即正在接受血液透析的患者，患有2型糖尿病的患者以及患有乳腺癌的患者。使用Ferrans and Powers生活质量指数对先前研究进行了定性评估。包括十九（19）全文，并进行了全面分析。在接受血液透析的患者的健康/功能和社会经济方面，存在统计学上显着的较低得分，在其他方面，生活质量没有显着差异。在所研究的三种慢性疾病之间，总分也没有显着差异。但是，尽管患者的总体QoL在同一范围内，但结果表明，血液透析患者在QoL中的社会经济和健康/功能方面受到的负面影响最大。因此，卫生干预措施，教育计划和政策制定应着重于改善这些方面。这也将要求采取多学科的方法来解决与血液透析患者的生活质量有关的问题。