Quality of life and its correlation between patients with malignant tumor of middle or terminal stages and their family caregivers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2017.09.010
- VernacularTitle:中晚期恶性肿瘤患者与家庭护理人员生存质量相关分析
- Author:
Li HE
1
;
Yi LIU
;
Xiaohong ZHAO
;
Nan DONG
;
Tingting HUO
;
Yulian ZHANG
Author Information
1. 陕西省人民医院肿瘤内科
- Keywords:
Neoplasm;
Family caregiver;
Quality of life;
Relationship
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2017;23(9):1224-1227
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the quality of life and the relationship between patients with malignant tumor of middle or terminal stages and their family caregivers.Methods Totals of 136 patients, diagnosed as malignant tumor of middle or terminal stages in Shaanxi Provincial People′s Hospital, and their family caregivers were selected as research object, and were surveyed and analyzed by quality of life scales respectively for patients with malignant tumor of middle or terminal stages and for their family caregivers.ResultsTotal scores of quality of life for family caregivers were positively correlated with scores of various dimensions and total scores in the scale for the patients (r=0.21~0.48,P<0.05); total scores of quality of life for patients with malignant tumor of middle or terminal states were positively correlated with scores of various dimensions (except the dimension of "relationship") and total scores in the scale for the family caregivers (r=0.14~0.47, P<0.05); severity of the patients′ disease were negatively correlated with their relationship with their caregivers (r= -0.16,P<0.05).Conclusions Quality of life of patients with malignant tumor of middle or terminal stages may influence quality of life of their caregivers. Scheme of family nursing helps to improve quality of life of the patients.
