Patients with advanced lung cancer: Quality of life and perception of dyspnea
- Author:
Barbara A. Roces
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Dyspnea;
Lung Neoplasms;
Quality of Life;
Perception
- From:
Philippine Journal of Nursing
2017;87(2):30-43
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Dyspnea is a subjective, multidimensional experience of breathing discomfort,
influenced by physiological, psychological, social, and environmental factors, which
includes secondary psychological and behavioral responses and cannot be defined
only by physical objective abnormalities. It has been found to create barriers in daily
life among patients with advanced lung cancer which interferes with physical
activities such as walking, work, and psychological activities such as disposition,
taking pleasure in life, relationship with others, and sleep. A conceptual model of
dyspnea experience within the core of patients with advanced lung cancer may
include attributes of dyspnea occurrence and distress as not only the physiological,
psychological, and environmental, but also the situational existential meaning or
perception of individual suffering from dyspnea. Dyspnea is a symptom that is usually
under-diagnosed and inadequately managed due to lack of recognition or availability
of interventions. The impact of dyspnea management on the quality of life in
advanced lung cancer patients requires more recognition and better quality of care.
Despite the frequency and complexity of this symptom, little research has been
conducted to specifically identify effective treatment in patients with advanced lung
cancer. Thus, it can be hypothesized that quality of life is related to perception of
dyspnea in advanced lung cancer patients; although no published reports have
examined this relationship in this population Further investigations are needed in this
area to assert the total dyspnea experience that could be influential in regards to the
impact of dyspnea management on the quality of life in patients with advanced lung
cancer.
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