Quality of Life in Patients with Stomach Cancer after a Curative Resection: The validity and availability of WHOQOL-BREF.
10.5230/jkgca.2004.4.4.263
- Author:
E Jin PARK
1
;
Yang Whan JEON
;
Sang Ick HAN
;
Jin Jo KIM
;
Seung Man PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Stomach cancer;
Curative resection;
Quality of life;
WHOQOL-BREF;
Validity
- MeSH:
Humans;
Quality of Life*;
Stomach Neoplasms*;
Stomach*;
World Health Organization
- From:Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
2004;4(4):263-267
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PUPOSE: This study was designed to investigate the validity of WHOQOL-BREF (Brief form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument) and to explore quality of life (QOL) by using WHOQOL-BREF in patients with stomach cancer after a curative resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty (50) patients with stomach cancer after a curative resection were recruited with informed consents. Age- and gender matched hospital staffs served as controls. The 100-item WHOQOL instrument was employed for the all subjects. The scores of the WHOQOL-BREF, which is a short version (26 questions) of the WHOQOL, and includes four domains (physical, psychological, social, and environmental), were compared with those of WHOQOL. RESULTS: The scores of the WHOQOL-BREF were significantly correlated with those of the WHOQOL in all domains. Two domains, physical and social, were associated with worse quality of life in patients with stomach cancer after a curative resection. CONCLUSION: The WHOQOL-BREF is a valid instrument that is useful for evaluating the quality of life in patients with stomach cancer.
