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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wu, Shu-Fen
• Tong, Hong-Yi
• kan, Yuen-Yee
• Su, Sheng-Hui
• Lee, Meng-Chi
• Kao, Chia-Chan
• Lin, Yu-Hua

Titel

The Exploration of Health-Related Quality of Life: Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Gynecologic Cancer Patients

Ist Teil von

• Clinical nursing research, 2017-02, Vol.26 (1), p.114-131

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The purpose of this study was to explore quality of life (QoL) and the factors influencing QoL in gynecological cancer patients. One hundred sixty-seven patients with gynecologic cancers were recruited from a district hospital in Southern Taiwan. The instruments used included the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 Version 3.0 in Chinese (EORTC QLQ-C30), the Symptom Distress Scale, and demographic characteristics and disease-related variables. The results showed that the mean score for the QLQ-C30 was 61.13 (SD = 22.71). In the stepwise regression model, two factors predicted overall global QoL: symptom distress (33.8%) and current occupation (2.2%). These predictors accounted for 36.0% of the total variance. These results showed that symptom distress was a predictor of QoL. This study provides a reference for use when designing improved educational care programs that reduce patient symptom distress and enhance gynecologic cancer patients’ QoL.