A Quality of Life Investigation about Spouses of Patients with Cervical Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy

XIA Wei-shu; PENG Li-zhen; XIONG Yan

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-1870.2017.04.008

Abstract：Objective: To investigate the quality of life of spouses of patients with cervical cancer undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Methods: The spouses of patients with radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cervical cancer treated in the Department of Oncology of Jiangxi Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital from March to June of 2016 were selected as the study group, the spouses of patients in gynecological ward were selected as the control group in the same period, 60 cases in each group. The quality of life questionnaire (GQOLI-74) was assessed in 2 groups. Results:Of the study group, physical function dimension score was 47.72 ±5.51, psychological function dimension score was 53.58 ±8.43, social function dimension score was 51.15 ±7.62, and total score of overall quality of life was 201.45 ±18.63; Of the control group, physical function dimension score was 60.26 ±5.86, psychological function dimension score was 64.92 ±8.71, social function dimension score was 62.43±7.29, and the overall quality of life score was 242.51±21.33. The 3 dimensions and overall quality of life score of study group were lower than that of control group (P<0.05). In the material life dimension, the score of the study group was 54.42±6.30, while that of the control group was 56.48±6.45, and there was not statistical significance in the 2 groups (P>0.05). Conclusions:The quality of life of spouses of cervical cancer patients with radiotherapy and chemotherapy have been greatly changed, the quality of life decreased significantly, nursing staff can inform the spouses of patients with cervical cancer by non-infectious and of the importance of sex life, assist in maintaining vaginal lubrication and elasticity to promote sex life quality, and actively treating chemotherapy side effects and other measures to help them to improve the quality of life of spouses.