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KMID : 0928320090090010033
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Korean Journal of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
2009 Volume.9 No. 1 p.33 ~ p.40
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Factors that Influence Quality of Life in Cancer Patients
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Han Sang-Sook
Shin Im-Sik
Kim Youn-Jung
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Abstract
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Background : This study was aimed to identify factors that influence the quality of life in cancer patients and to made this data available for nursing to improve patient-care.
Methods : Our sample included 131 cancer patients who were treated as outpatients or were hospitalised in a university hospital located in Seoul. Instruments used in this study were adopted from several scales- quality of life, social support, self-esteem, perceived health status, self-care, hope, self-efficacy, and perceived susceptibility?severity, and thoroughly modified to verify reliability and validity.
Results : Factors influencing quality of life were perceived health status (β=.393), pain (β=..233), perceived susceptibility?severity (β=.215), self-care (β=.200), and self-efficacy (β=.179). which explained was 59.1%.
Conclusions : Perceived health status, pain, perceived susceptibility, severity, self-care, and self-efficacy were identified as important variables in the quality of life of cancer patients.
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KEYWORD
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Cancer, Quality of Life, Health Status, Pain, Susceptibility, Severity, Self-Care, Self-Efficacy
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