Hofman Adriana, Zajdel Natalia, Klekowski Jakub, Chabowski Mariusz
Student Research Group No 180, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.
Division of Oncology and Palliative Care, Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.
Cancer Manag Res. 2021 Mar 11;13:2319-2327. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S278087. eCollection 2021.
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths in the world. According to the World Health Organization, over 2 million new lung cancer cases were reported worldwide in 2018, and there were 1.76 million deaths from the disease. Due to its non-specific symptoms, the disease is usually detected at an advanced stage, which gives few treatment options and a short survival rate after diagnosis. That is why improving QoL in the last months of a patient's life is enormously important. The purpose of this study was to analyse original papers in order to determine whether an increase in social support is important in improving QoL for lung cancer patients. Both the direct influence of social support on QoL and indirect influences such as stigma or depression, etc. were taken into consideration. We conducted a review of 22 papers published in English in the period 2005-2020, which were selected using the following keywords: lung cancer, social support, quality of life. Evidence was found for the connections between the improvement of social support and an increase in the QoL of lung cancer patients. It is crucial, and worth whatever effort is required, to increase social support for lung cancer patients, as it is one of the most important factors in improving QoL. According to the studies, a good QoL and minimalised symptoms of the disease are much more important for lung cancer patients than the length of their life.
肺癌是全球癌症死亡的最常见原因。根据世界卫生组织的数据，2018年全球报告了超过200万例新发肺癌病例，该疾病导致176万人死亡。由于其症状不具有特异性，该疾病通常在晚期才被发现，这使得治疗选择有限，诊断后的生存率较低。这就是为什么在患者生命的最后几个月提高生活质量至关重要。本研究的目的是分析原始论文，以确定社会支持的增加对改善肺癌患者的生活质量是否重要。研究考虑了社会支持对生活质量的直接影响以及诸如耻辱感或抑郁等间接影响。我们对2005年至2020年期间以英文发表的22篇论文进行了综述，这些论文是使用以下关键词筛选出来的：肺癌、社会支持、生活质量。研究发现了社会支持的改善与肺癌患者生活质量提高之间的联系。增加对肺癌患者的社会支持至关重要，无论需要付出何种努力都是值得的，因为这是改善生活质量的最重要因素之一。根据研究，良好的生活质量和最小化的疾病症状对肺癌患者来说比他们的寿命长度更为重要。
