A Comparison of Symptoms, Depression, and Quality of Life according to Stages of Survivorship in Lung Cancer Patients.
- Author:
Yoon Jung CHAE
1
;
Jeong Sook PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Lung Neoplasm; Survivorship; Symptom; Depression; Quality of Life
- MeSH: Depression*; Epidemiologic Studies; Humans; Inpatients; Lung Neoplasms*; Lung*; Outpatients; Quality of Life*; Survival Rate*; Walking
- From:Asian Oncology Nursing 2017;17(2):79-86
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: PURPOSE: This study was a descriptive study to compare symptoms, depression and the quality of life according to stages of survivorship in lung cancer patients. METHODS: Data were collected from April 1st to September 30th 2016. The subjects of this study were 135 lung cancer patients who were outpatients or inpatients at a university hospital. The instruments used were the MDASI-LC (M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Lung Cancer), the Korean CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression) and FACT-L (Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy-Lung) version 4. RESULTS: Insensibility/numbness (F=-2.42, p=.016) and trouble walking (F=-2.21, p=.029) symptom scores were significantly higher in the acute survival stage (less than 2 years) than the overextended survival stage (more than 2 years). But there was no significant differences in depression and quality of life between survival stages in lung cancer patients. CONCLUSION: Lung cancer patients of more than 2 survival years should be managed for relief symptoms such as insensibility/numbness and trouble walking cautiously.
