A follow-up study of the quality of life in cancer patients with different prognoses

被引:15
作者
Ringdal, GI [1 ]
Ringdal, K
机构
[1] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Psychol, Fac Social Sci & Technol Management, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
[2] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Sociol & Polit Sci, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
关键词
cancer patients; EORTC QLQ-C30; longitudinal assessments; prognosis groups; quality of life;
D O I
10.1023/A:1008937724943
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
The present study examines differences in quality of life between two points in time in a heterogeneous sample of cancer patients with different prognoses. The original sample comprised 253 patients, while the follow-up data obtained 3-4 years later included 75 patients, that is, 92% of the survivors. All the patients completed a questionnaire including the EORTC QLQ-C30. The research questions focus on overall changes in quality of life, and whether patients with a good prognosis would show less negative changes in quality of life than patients with a poor prognosis. The overall observed changes in quality of life were surprisingly small over a 3-4 year period. This study shows that prognoses do predict changes in social functioning and in some physical aspects of quality of life over a 3-4 year period after the assessment of prognoses by physicians. Prognoses did not, however, predict changes in psychological aspects of quality of life.
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页数:9
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