scholarly journals Quality of life in advanced cancer patients: the impact of sociodemographic and medical characteristics

2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (10) ◽  
pp. 1478-1485 ◽  
Author(s):  
M S Jordhøy ◽  
P Fayers ◽  
J H Loge ◽  
T Saltnes ◽  
M Ahlner-Elmqvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Influence of malnutrition stage according to GLIM 2019 criteria and SGA method on the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer – a prospective study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Kaźmierczak-Siedlecka ◽  
Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka ◽  
Marcin Folwarski ◽  
Jakub Ruszkowski ◽  
Maciej Świerblewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Surgical Oncology ◽  
World Health ◽  
Severe Malnutrition ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objectives The primary aims of this study were the assessment of nutritional status based on Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria 2019 and Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) as well as quality of life (QOL) with World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) of advanced cancer patients. The secondary aim was to investigate the impact of severity of malnutrition on QOL of these patients. Results This study included 33 advanced cancer patients from Nutritional Counselling Centre Copernicus in Gdansk and Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical University in Gdansk, Poland. The majority of patients suffered from head/neck (n=12, 33.33%) and espohageal cancer (n=11, 33.33%). According to the SGA method, most of the patients were malnourished (n=14, 42.42%) and severely malnourished (n=14, 42.42%). Based on the GLIM criteria, 69.7% of patients (n=23) were severely malnourished. Among all participants, the highest impairment of QOL in self-assessment of satisfaction of health, environmental, and psychological domain was observed. The severe malnutrition significantly impairs QOL in psychological (GLIM stage 2, p=0.0033; SGA C, p=0.0310) and somatic domain (GLIM stage 2, p=0.0423). This is the first study assessing the impact of severity of malnutrition based on new GLIM criteria on QOL of advanced cancer patients.

scholarly journals Symptom Clusters in Advanced Cancer Patients: An Empirical Comparison of Statistical Methods and the Impact on Quality of Life

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Skye T. Dong ◽  
Daniel S.J. Costa ◽  
Phyllis N. Butow ◽  
Melanie R. Lovell ◽  
Meera Agar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Empirical Comparison ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients ◽  
The Impact

Predictive factors of overall quality of life in advanced cancer patients using EORTC QLQ-C30

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Cramarossa ◽  
Liang Zeng ◽  
Liying Zhang ◽  
Ling-Ming Tseng ◽  
Ming-Feng Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Predictive Factors ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients ◽  
Eortc Qlq C30 ◽  
Eortc Qlq

Analysis of the Impact of Personalized Nursing Service and Hospice Care on the Quality of Life of Elderly Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-473
Author(s):  
Ting Fang ◽  
Nian Wang ◽  
Meng Chen ◽  
Hongmei Ma
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Hospice Care ◽  
Pain Treatment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

Objective Explore the impact of personalized nursing services and hospice care on the quality of life of elderly patients with advanced cancer. Method We selected 80 elderly cancer patients admitted to our hospital from September 2020 to May 2021, and divided these patients into a study group and a control group using a random number table method. The patients in the control group used conventional nursing methods to treat and care for the patients, and the patients in the study group used hospice care measures and combined personalized nursing measures. The quality of life and pain treatment effects of the two groups of patients before and after treatment were compared. Result Before treatment, the quality-of-life scores of the two groups of patients were low, and there was no statistical difference (P>0.05); After treatment, the quality of life of the two groups of patients improved, but compared with the control group, the improvement was more obvious in the study group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). In terms of pain treatment effect, the total effective rate of pain treatment in the study group was 87.5%, which was significantly better than the 62.5% in the control group. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Personalized nursing services and hospice care are conducive to improving the survival and treatment of elderly patients with advanced cancer, and can be used as a clinical application program for the care of advanced cancer patients.

scholarly journals Identifying nutritional, functional, and quality of life correlates with male hypogonadism in advanced cancer patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donemico Fuoco ◽  
Jonathan di Tomasso ◽  
Caroline Boulos ◽  
Robert D Kilgour ◽  
Jose A Morais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Male Hypogonadism ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients

scholarly journals Shifting Palliative Care Paradigm in Primary Care From Better Death to Better End-of-Life : A Swiss Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Sommer ◽  
Christopher Chung ◽  
Dagmar M. Haller ◽  
Sophie Pautex
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients

Abstract Background: Patients suffering from advanced cancer often loose contact with their primary care physician (PCP) during oncologic treatment and palliative care is introduced very late.The aim of this pilot study was to test the feasibility and procedures for a randomized trial of an intervention to teach PCPs a palliative care approach and communication skills to improve advanced cancer patients’ quality of life. Methods: Observational pilot study in 5 steps. 1) Recruitment of PCPs. 2) Intervention: training on palliative care competencies and communication skills addressing end-of-life issues.3) Recruitment of advanced cancer patients by PCPs. 4) Patients follow-up by PCPs, and assessment of their quality of life by a research assistant 5) Feedback from PCPs using a semi-structured focus group and three individual interviews with qualitative deductive theme analysis.Results: 8 PCPs were trained. PCPs failed to recruit patients for fear of imposing additional loads on their patients. PCPs changed their approach of advanced cancer patients. They became more conscious of their role and responsibility during oncologic treatments and felt empowered to take a more active role picking up patient’s cues and addressing advance directives. They developed interprofessional collaborations for advance care planning. Overall, they discovered the role to help patients to make decisions for a better end-of-life.Conclusions: PCPs failed to recruit advanced cancer patients, but reported a change in paradigm about palliative care. They moved from a focus on helping patients to die better, to a new role helping patients to define the conditions for a better end-of-life.Trial registration : The ethics committee of the canton of Geneva approved the study (2018-00077 Pilot Study) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki

Quality of life domains important and relevant to family caregivers of advanced cancer patients in an Asian population: a qualitative study

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geok Ling Lee ◽  
Mandy Yen Ling Ow ◽  
Ramaswamy Akhileswaran ◽  
Grace Su Yin Pang ◽  
Gilbert Kam Tong Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Asian Population ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients
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