Symptom interference and relation between the domains of quality of life among cancer patients of tertiary care hospital

Nayak, Malathi G; George, Anice; Shashidhara, YN; Nayak, Baby S

doi:10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_139_19

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“… 40 Nayak et al found that 93.6% of the 768 patients suffering from various cancers who took part in their study in India reported below-average economic well-being. 8 …”

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“…40 Nayak et al found that 93.6% of the 768 patients suffering from various cancers who took part in their study in India reported below-average economic well-being. 8 Although social support was initially perceived to be good by patients with lung cancer, there were several ways to make it even better. 41 We believe that the support offered to patients should be multidimensional, coming submit your manuscript | www.dovepress.com…”

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“…Given the statistically short survival time of lung cancer patients and the toxic and not always effective treatment they receive, priority should be given to assessing QoL and improving QoL in this group of patients. 5 , 8 …”

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Improving Social Support to Increase QoL in Lung Cancer Patients

Hofman¹,

Zajdel²,

Klekowski³

et al. 2021

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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.

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“… 40 Nayak et al found that 93.6% of the 768 patients suffering from various cancers who took part in their study in India reported below-average economic well-being. 8 …”

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“…Patients who underwent medical treatment e.g. chemotherapy cycles [17], palliative radiotherapy [29][30][31], and symptoms management therapy particularly for pain and fatigue [8,18,22,24,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40], had positive association between these factors and QOL/QOL domains. For example, an Indian cohort study reported that short-course palliative radiotherapy schedule for inoperable head and neck 7); depression = 7 (1.9) to 5 (3.2); anxiety = 7 (2.0) to 5 (3.0); drowsiness = 6 (1.7) to 5 (2.7); appetite = 7 (1.9) to 6 (3.0); well-being = 7 (1.8) to 6 (2.6); dyspnea = 6 (1. cancer patients, which tended to improve social well-being, was seen favorably compared to the single conventional course of radiation [29].…”

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Quality of life of cancer patients at palliative care units in developing countries: systematic review of the published literature

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Purpose This systematic review aims to summarize factors that influence the quality of life (QOL) of advanced cancer patients in palliative care (PC) in developing countries. Understanding this context in developing countries milieu is necessary; however, this outcome is rarely reported. Methods Following the PRISMA guidelines, the electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science were systematically searched using the search terms: QOL, cancer, PC, and names of all developing countries. Studies with less than ten subjects, qualitative or pilot studies, reviews, conference abstracts, and that reported validation of QOL questionnaires were excluded. Results Fifty-five studies from 15 developing countries in the African (n = 5), Latin America and the Caribbean (n = 10), and Asian (n = 40) region were included in the narrative synthesis. 65.4% were cross-sectional, 27.3% were cohort studies, 7.3% were RCTs or quasi-experimental studies. Around 30 QOL factors were studied with 20 different types of QOL instruments. Advanced cancer patients who were older, married/ever married, participated in additional care within PC, used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and practiced spirituality/religiosity showed higher QOL score. Low educational level and high depression were associated with a lower QOL. Conclusion Various factors affect QOL among cancer patients in PC. Patients valued the use of CAMs; however, the quality and safety aspects should be properly addressed. Important factors that influenced the QOL score were social and spiritual support. While there is a general need to develop PC strategies further, recognizing patients’ needs should be prioritized in national cancer programs.

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“…Surgery and chemotherapy are essential measures for the clinical treatment of lung cancer[ 4 ]. However, the disease itself can lead to severe anxiety and mood swings, an enormous physical and mental burden, and surgery and chemotherapy can cause trauma, that may aggravate the negative feeling of patients[ 5 , 6 ], which is not conducive to the treatment of disease[ 7 , 8 ]. Therefore, positive nursing interventions during the treatment of lung cancer patients are most effective[ 9 , 10 ].…”

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Research on the effect of health care integration on patients’ negative emotions and satisfaction with lung cancer nursing activities

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Wang

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BACKGROUND Lung cancer is a clinical disease with multiple malignant tumors. Currently, it is difficult for patients to benefit from routine clinical nursing due to the lack of a pertinent and systematic approach. AIM To investigate the effect of integrated nursing care on the negative emotions and satisfaction of lung cancer patients. METHODS From January 2018 to December 2019, 92 patients with lung cancer were selected and divided into the study group and the control group; there were 46 patients in each group. The control group received routine nursing, and the study group received integrated medical care in addition to the care received by the control group. Negative emotions before and after the intervention, the self-management ability score after the intervention, family care burden after the intervention and nursing satisfaction after the intervention were measured in the two groups. RESULTS After the intervention, the self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale scores in the study group were lower than those in the control group ( P < 0.05); the scores for health knowledge, self-concept, self-responsibility and self-care skills in the study group were higher than those in the control group ( P < 0.05); the scores for individual burden and responsibility burden in the study group were lower than those before the intervention ( P < 0.05); and the nursing satisfaction in the study group (93.48%) was higher than that in the control group (78.26%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION An integrated nursing care approach for lung cancer patients can effectively relieve the patient’s negative feelings, improve their self-management ability, help to reduce the burden of family care and improve patient satisfaction with nursing activities.

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Symptom interference and relation between the domains of quality of life among cancer patients of tertiary care hospital

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Improving Social Support to Increase QoL in Lung Cancer Patients

Improving Social Support to Increase QoL in Lung Cancer Patients

Quality of life of cancer patients at palliative care units in developing countries: systematic review of the published literature

Research on the effect of health care integration on patients’ negative emotions and satisfaction with lung cancer nursing activities

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