Status quo of qual ity of l ife and hope level of smal l cel l lung cancer patients and correlation between them
Abstract：Obj ective:To evaluate the quality of life and hope level of small cell lung cancer patients,and analyze the correlation between them. Methods:A total of 206 inpatients with small cell lung cancer was investi-gated by using EORTC QLQ C30,EORTC QLQ LC13 quality of life scale and Herth hope scale.Results:The overall quality of life score of small cell lung cancer patients was 38.55±9.96 (out of 100),in them the cognitive function got the highest score,the social function got the lowest score;hope level score was 33.08±3.58(18~48),The overall quality of life,physical function,cognitive function and social function of patients in high hope level group were better than that in mid low level hope group.And hope level was negatively correlated severity of symptoms;pain,cough,insomnia and chest pain were the most severe symptoms of patients with small cell lung cancer.Conclusion:The quality of life of small cell lung cancer patients was poor,and the hope level was at a medi-um level,and the quality of life was positively correlated with hope level;pain,cough,fatigue,insomnia and chest pain were the most severe symp-toms for small cell lung cancer patients,hope level was negatively corre-lated with severity of symptoms.During the treatment,nursing staff should strengthen the management work such as assessment,intervention and prevention of their symptoms,and the improvement and remission of patients’symptoms will have a positive effect on the hope level and quali-ty of life.
Keywords：small cell lung cancerquality of lifehope levelsymptomscorrelation
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 3856-3859 )