Breast Cancer Patient Survey on Marital Status and Quality of Life

A 2026 cross-sectional survey of 503 women with breast cancer, conducted by Laraib Akram, assessed psychological well-being, social support, medication adherence, and quality of life. The dataset includes responses from validated instruments like DASS-21, MSPSS, MARS-5, and WHOQOL-BREF. It was published on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between marital_status and DASS-21 depression/anxiety/stress scores.
• Model the relationship between parental_status, number_of_children, and WHOQOL-BREF quality of life domain scores.
• Predict medication_adherence (MARS-5 scores) using features like social_support (MSPSS scores) and psychological_distress.
• Investigate how social_support scores vary across single, married, and divorced/widowed patient groups.

Strengths

• 503 patient records providing a substantive sample for analysis.
• Data collected using four validated clinical and psychological research instruments (DASS-21, MSPSS, MARS-5, WHOQOL-BREF).
• Includes detailed statistical results (medians, quartiles, p-values) for key relationships in the source description.

Limitations

• Small dataset size of 142.1 KB suggests limited raw data or aggregated results.
• Unknown specific column names and row count for the underlying raw data file.
• Cross-sectional design limits analysis to a single point in time, preventing longitudinal study.

Provenance

Source

Laraib Akram via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using patient surveys and validated research instruments.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

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