Effect of Chuankezhi Injection Combined with Chemotherapy on Quality of Life in Senile Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2015.05.014
- VernacularTitle:喘可治注射液联合化疗对老年非小细胞肺癌患者生存质量的影响
- Author:
Rong HU
;
Hanrui CHEN
;
Zhengdi XU
;
Lizhu LIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chuankezhi Injection;
Non-small cell lung cancer/TCM-WM therapy;
Chemotherapy;
Quality of life;
Senile
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2015;(5):843-847
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the effect of Zusan Li acupoint injection with Chuankezhi injection ( CI) combined with chemotherapy on the quality of life in the stage III or IV senile patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) . Methods We adopted research methods for the prospective, randomized, and controlled trial. A total of 62 qualified patients completed the treatment program, and were randomly divided into two groups. Thirty-two patients in the test group received CI combined with chemotherapy and syndrome differentiation treatment, and 30 patients in the control group were given chemotherapy and syndrome differentiation treatment. We used the WHO Quality of Life Older Module Scale ( WHOQOL-OLD) , Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung ( FACT-L V4.0) and the Brief Fatigue Inventory ( BFI) to evaluate and analyze the quality of life before and after treatment. Results (1) In the WHOQOL-OLD evaluation, the total scores and the scores of dimensions of sensory abilities, autonomy, social participation, and past, present and future behavior were much improved in the test group after treatment ( P﹤0.01 compared with those before treatment) , while the control group only had statistically significant difference ( P﹤0.01) in the improvement of social participation and the total scores. The test group had higher scores difference in autonomy than the control group (P<0.01) . (2) In the FACT-L V4.0 evaluation, the total scores and the scores of domains of physiological condition, emotional status, functional status, and additional attention were much improved in the test group ( P﹤0.01 compared with those before treatment) , and the control group had an improvement in the total scores and scores of emotional status and additional attention after treatment ( P<0.01) . The test group had higher scores difference in physiological condition, functional status, and additional attention than the control group (P<0.01) . (3) In BFI evaluation, the degree of fatigue and fatigue influence were improved in both group after treatment ( P﹤0.01 compared with those before treatment) , and the improvement in the test group was superior to that in the control group ( P<0.05) . Conclusion Zusan Li acupoint injection with CI can improve the quality of life of senile NSCLC patients treated with chemotherapy in dimensions of sensory abilities, autonomy, social participation, and past, present and future behavior, and in domains of physiological conditions, functional status, additional concern, and it can also improve the degree of fatigue and fatigue influence.