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Health-related quality of life among disease-free stomach cancer survivors in Korea
- Source :
- Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation. 15(10)
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Previous studies about the quality of life (QOL) in stomach cancer survivors focused on selected clinical parameters and did not consider the broader implications for overall health and QOL. We evaluated the impact of demographic and treatment-related factors on the QOL of stomach cancer survivors. We asked 391 stage I-III stomach cancer survivors who had been disease-free for at least 1 year after surgery to complete a demographic questionnaire, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30 questionnaire, and its stomach module, QLQ-STO22.Survivors undergoing total gastrectomy reported greater eating restrictions than those undergoing subtotal gastrectomy. Receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy did not significantly affect any QLQ-C30 or QLQ-STO22 scores. Role and emotional functioning improved with increasing age, and stomach-specific symptoms (pain, eating restrictions, and anxiety) lessened. Compared with female survivors, male survivors had better physical and role functioning. Smoking status was also a significant negative predictor of physical functioning and anxiety. Comorbidities and selected demographic characteristics had a greater effect than type of treatment on the QOL of post-operative stomach cancer patients.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Disease-Free Survival
Quality of life
Stomach Neoplasms
medicine
Humans
Survivors
Stage (cooking)
Stomach cancer
Aged
Gynecology
Health related quality of life
Cancer survivor
Korea
business.industry
Stomach
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cancer
social sciences
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
humanities
medicine.anatomical_structure
Family medicine
Quality of Life
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09629343
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2da8019d08dff941f966c31f8ab6d17f