Nayak Malathi G, George Anice, Vidyasagar M S, Mathew Stanley, Nayak Sudhakar, Nayak Baby S, Shashidhara Y N, Kamath Asha
Department of Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Head of the Institution, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Palliat Care. 2017 Oct-Dec;23(4):445-450. doi: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_82_17.
Cancer is a leading cause of death. People living with cancer experience a variety of symptoms. Quality of life (QOL) is a major concern of patients with terminal cancer. Symptoms affect their QOL. Management of symptoms improves distress and QOL.
The objective of the study was to assess the QOL among cancer patients.
A survey was conducted among 768 cancer patients selected by a convenient sampling technique. Data was collected from cancer patients by interview technique using structured and validated interviewed schedule.
Out of 768 cancer patients, 30.2% patients were in the age group of 51-60 years, majority with head-and-neck cancer (40.1%), and 57.7% had stage III disease. QOL of majority of patients was influenced by their symptoms. 82.3% of them had low QOL scores.
Cancer patients experienced many symptoms that affected their QOL. There is a need to develop interventions for effective management of symptoms that will empower the patients to have a greater sense of control over their illness and treatment and to improve the QOL.
癌症是主要的死亡原因之一。癌症患者会经历各种各样的症状。生活质量（QOL）是晚期癌症患者主要关心的问题。症状会影响他们的生活质量。症状管理可减轻痛苦并提高生活质量。
本研究的目的是评估癌症患者的生活质量。
采用方便抽样技术对768例癌症患者进行了一项调查。通过访谈技术，使用结构化且经过验证的访谈问卷从癌症患者中收集数据。
在768例癌症患者中，30.2%的患者年龄在51 - 60岁之间，大多数患有头颈癌（40.1%），57.7%的患者处于III期疾病。大多数患者的生活质量受其症状影响。其中82.3%的患者生活质量得分较低。
癌症患者经历了许多影响其生活质量的症状。有必要制定有效的症状管理干预措施，使患者能够更好地控制自己的疾病和治疗，并提高生活质量。
