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KMID : 1035120150150040246
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Asian Oncology Nursing
2015 Volume.15 No. 4 p.246 ~ p.255
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Health-related Needs and Quality of Life in Childhood Cancer Survivors
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임수진:Lim Su-Jin
저자없음:No authors listed
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the health-related needs and quality of life in childhood cancer survivors and to identify the relationship between health-related needs and quality of life.
Methods: Data were collected from April 11 to May 30, 2014. The participants aged 18~35 years diagnosed with a childhood cancer had completed actual treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy) at least two years earlier. They were randomly selected from among childhood cancer survivors under follow-up management after cancer treatment at three general hospitals in Korea. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way ANOVA, the post-hoc Scheffe test, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used to analyze the data.
Results: Among the 371 participants, 214 (57.7%) were male and the mean age was 22.5 years. The mean score for health-related needs was 2.72 out of 5. Positive self-motivation need had the highest mean score of domain. The mean score for quality of life was 5.92 out of 10. Health-related needs and quality of life were negatively correlated (r= - .70, p<.001).
Conclusion: Health-related needs of childhood cancer survivors should be regularly assessed to meet their needs and improve the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors.
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KEYWORD
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Childhood, Neoplasms, Survivors, Needs, Quality of Life
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