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A Comparative Study on the Assessment of the Quality of Life by Older Cancer Patients and Caregivers and Assessment of Performance Status by Medical Staff
Korean Journal of Health Promotion ; : 150-159, 2015.
Artigo em Coreano | WPRIM | ID: wpr-202465
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The study examined the correlations among the results of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)-Quality of Life Questionnaire, Core 30 (QLQ-C30) completed by elderly cancer patients and their family caregivers and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)-performance status (PS) evaluated by medical doctors.

METHODS:

The study sample included 269 persons with cancer aged 55 years or older and their family caregivers recruited from hospitals located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The results of the ECOG-PS evaluated by medical doctors were obtained from medical records. Intra-class correlation analysis was used to assess rater reliability between the elderly cancer patients and their family caregivers. Correlations among the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the ECOG-PS were tested using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearmen's correlation.

RESULTS:

The results showed that four subscales of quality of life (physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning, and global health status) and three items under symptoms (fatigue, pain, and financial difficulties) in the EORTC QLQ-C30 were highly consistent between patients and their family caregivers. From the EORTC QLQ-C30 results, social functioning, role functioning, health status, fatigue, pain, and appetite loss (patients results) and physical functioning (family caregivers results) were highly consistent with the results of the ECOG-PS by the physicians.

CONCLUSIONS:

The findings suggest that when the older persons with cancer have difficulty expressing their own thoughts or feelings, the EORTC QLQ-C30 completed by their family caregivers and the results of the ECOG-PS completed by the physicians could be used as substitutes.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Apetite / Qualidade de Vida / Prontuários Médicos / Cuidadores / Fadiga / Seul / Corpo Clínico Limite: Idoso / Humanos País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Coreano Revista: Korean Journal of Health Promotion Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Apetite / Qualidade de Vida / Prontuários Médicos / Cuidadores / Fadiga / Seul / Corpo Clínico Limite: Idoso / Humanos País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Coreano Revista: Korean Journal of Health Promotion Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Artigo