Yan-Mei Ma1, Cai-Feng Ba, Yu-Bin Wang. 1. Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliates Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou, China.
Abstract
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To provide a theoretical basis for the clinical care of patients with late stomach cancer, we investigated the life quality and analysed its related factor in the patients with late stomach cancer. BACKGROUND: Due to the lack of effective screening methods, stomach cancer usually has been in the advanced stage when patients are diagnosed. However, the treatment for late stomach cancer is a tough problem in today's medicine. Chemotherapy or radiotherapy brings patients physiological and psychological distress and heavy financial burden, affecting patients' therapeutic effects, prognosis and life quality. DESIGN: The patients with late stomach cancer were included, and then, questionnaires about the life quality were completed. METHODS: Questionnaires including European Organisation for Research on Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30, Social Support Rating Scale, Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire and Self-rating Anxiety Scale were completed by 173 patients with late stomach cancer who received treatment in our hospital between May 2010 and May 2011. Correlation analyses were performed. RESULTS: The overall score of the life quality of the patients with late stomach cancer was only 29·54 ± 12·21. The social support, medical coping modes, anxiety and patients' clinical data (except radiotherapy) markedly affected the overall life quality of the patients with late stomach cancer (p < 0·05). CONCLUSION: The life quality of the patients with late stomach cancer is poor and is associated with many factors. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: This study provides a theoretical basis for better nursing the patients with late stomach cancer and improving their life quality.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To provide a theoretical basis for the clinical care of patients with late stomach cancer, we investigated the life quality and analysed its related factor in the patients with late stomach cancer. BACKGROUND: Due to the lack of effective screening methods, stomach cancer usually has been in the advanced stage when patients are diagnosed. However, the treatment for late stomach cancer is a tough problem in today's medicine. Chemotherapy or radiotherapy brings patients physiological and psychological distress and heavy financial burden, affecting patients' therapeutic effects, prognosis and life quality. DESIGN: The patients with late stomach cancer were included, and then, questionnaires about the life quality were completed. METHODS: Questionnaires including European Organisation for Research on Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30, Social Support Rating Scale, Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire and Self-rating Anxiety Scale were completed by 173 patients with late stomach cancer who received treatment in our hospital between May 2010 and May 2011. Correlation analyses were performed. RESULTS: The overall score of the life quality of the patients with late stomach cancer was only 29·54 ± 12·21. The social support, medical coping modes, anxiety and patients' clinical data (except radiotherapy) markedly affected the overall life quality of the patients with late stomach cancer (p < 0·05). CONCLUSION: The life quality of the patients with late stomach cancer is poor and is associated with many factors. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: This study provides a theoretical basis for better nursing the patients with late stomach cancer and improving their life quality.