the role of disease stage illness perceptions , unmet needs and fatigue in predicting quality of life in patients with cancer

objective: cancer creates a lot of stress and can significantly affect quality of life. the purpose of this study is to investigate the role of stage of disease, illness perceptions, unmet needs and fatigue in predicting the quality of life of patients with cancer. method: the sample consisted of 120 hospitalized patients in tehran's shohada hospital in 2014 that was selected purposefully. for data collecting, were used the cancer-specific quality of life questionnaire (fact-g), fatigue in cancer therapy (fact-f), illness perception (r-ibq) and a short-form of questionnaire for needs of cancer patients (scns -sf34). multiple regression was used to analyze the data. conclusion: the general regression model showed significant role of disease stage, illness perception, unmet needs and fatigue in predicting the life quality of patients (p