Correlation of cancer-related fatigue and life quality of lung cancer patients after chemotherapy
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2015.04.001
- VernacularTitle:肺癌术后化疗患者癌因性疲乏与健康状况的相关性
- Author:
Liu YANG
;
Miaoli WU
;
Shuguang ZHU
;
Huiyun ZENG
;
Yanfei YAN
;
Haibo ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
lung cancer;
chemotherapy;
cancer-related fatigue;
life quality
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2015;(4):1-3,4
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the correlation of fatigue and life quality of lung cancer patients after chemotherapy. Method A survey was conducted among 54 lung cancer patients after chemotherapy with revised piper fatigue scale ( PFS ) and medical outcomes study (SF-36). Result The total score of PFS of lung cancer patients was (6.44 ± 1.62). The score of SF-36 related area include physical dimension (58.47 ± 5.48), psychological dimension (55.04 ± 4.91) and social dimension (49.21 ± 4.77) environment dimension (52.86 ± 4.98). The total score of PFS was negatively correlated with physical, psychological and environmental dimensions (P<0.05), and not correlated with social dimension (P<0.05). Conclusions The cancer-related fatigue and life quality of lung cancer patient is at medium-severe level, and their life quality is at low level. Positive and effective psychological intervention and psychological nursing can reduce cancer-related fatigue and improve their life quality.
