Cancer patients' quality of life predicted by a healthy lifestyle and health literacy

From a psychological point of view, the most critical issue in facing cancer is its approach to adaptation, which determines the patient's health and level of hope. The current research is predictive correlational. Its statistical population was all Imam Khomeini Hospital cancer patients in Koohdasht; it concluded that 160,000 cancer patients based on the volume of cancer statistics in Iran. The statistical sample (384 cancer patients) was selected through sampling at convenience and using the Morgan table according to the statistical population. Standard questionnaires were used in this research. It used descriptive and inferential statistics, including Pearson's test, multiple regression, and structural equations, using SPSS and LISREL software to analyze the data. The results showed that a healthy lifestyle and health literacy significantly affect the quality of life, so the share of a healthy lifestyle is 0.52%, and that of health literacy is 0.78%. The results of the conceptual model of structural equations showed that the direct and standardized effect of a healthy lifestyle (β=0.52, p<0.01) and health literacy (β=0.78, p<0.01) on Quality of life is significant and positive. Therefore, it is possible to create a healthy lifestyle and improve the health literacy of cancer patients because the patient's awareness of health conditions, advantages and disadvantages of different treatments, and their consequences improve patients' quality of life.