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KMID : 1035120170170020079
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Asian Oncology Nursing
2017 Volume.17 No. 2 p.79 ~ p.86
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A Comparison of Symptoms, Depression, and Quality of Life according to Stages of Survivorship in Lung Cancer Patients
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Chae Yoon-Jung
Park Jeong-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was a descriptive study to compare symptoms, depression and the quality of life according to stages of survivorship in lung cancer patients.
Methods: Data were collected from April 1st to September 30th 2016. The subjects of this study were 135 lung cancer patients who were outpatients or inpatients at a university hospital. The instruments used were the MDASI-LC (M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Lung Cancer), the Korean CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression) and FACT-L (Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy-Lung) version 4.
Results: Insensibility/numbness (F=-2.42, p=.016) and trouble walking (F=-2.21, p=.029) symptom scores were significantly higher in the acute survival stage (less than 2 years) than the overextended survival stage (more than 2 years). But there was no significant differences in depression and quality of life between survival stages in lung cancer patients.
Conclusion: Lung cancer patients of more than 2 survival years should be managed for relief symptoms such as insensibility/numbness and trouble walking cautiously.
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KEYWORD
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Lung Neoplasm, Survivorship, Symptom, Depression, Quality of Life
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