KMID : 1137220100100020231
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Jounal of Korean Oncology Nursing 2010 Volume.10 No. 2 p.231 ~ p.239
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Characteristics and Quality of Life in Patients with Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
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Kwak Mi-Kyong
Kim Eun-Ji Lee Eun-Ryung Kwon In-Gak Hwang Moon-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of study was to identify how patients experienced chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and quality of life related to CIPN.
Methods: This was a descriptive research. We collected data from 105 patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. They completed a self-reported questionnaire including EORTC (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) CIPN20 and items related to their disease and peripheral neuropathy. The investigators filled in part of items about disease and treatment.
Results: In the study, duration of peripheral neuropathy was 9.4 month and 54.3% of patients used pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions. Patients reported the highest score for sensory scale and it¡¯s score was 38.74¡¾20.24. The scores for motor scale and autonomic scale were 21.95¡¾19.19 and 26.61¡¾21.0 respectively. This showed that patients more suffered from sensory neuropathy than any other domain of neuropathy. The most frequently selected two items were ¡®did you have tingling fingers or hands?¡¯ and ¡®did you have tingling toes or feet?¡¯.
Conclusion: The results of this study will provide useful information for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
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KEYWORD
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Chemotherapy, Peripheral neuropathy, Quality of life
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