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The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2006;27(3): 555-560. |
| 암의 종류 및 증상에 따른 삶의 질 평가 척도에 관한 연구 현황 분석 |
| 이남헌, 조정효, 손창규, 유화승, 이연월, 윤담희, 이종훈, 방선휘, 조종관 |
| 대전대학교 한방병원 동서암센터 |
| Analysis of Studies on Quality of Life according to Cancer Types and Symptoms |
| Nam-Heon Lee, Jung-Hyo Cho, Chang-Gue Son, Hwa-Seung Yoo, Yeon-Weol Lee, Dam-Hee Yoon, Jong-Hoon Lee, Sun-Hwi Bang, Chong-Kwan Cho |
| Department of East-West Cancer Center, Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University |
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Published online: September 30, 2006. |
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| ABSTRACT |
Objectives:
The objective of this study was to analyze which quality of life (QOL) scales are frequently used for cancer patients and lay a cornerstone to develop new QOL scales adequate for oriental medical cancer treatment in future.
Methods :
We studied 151 articles concerned with 'QOL and scale and cancer' from PubMed and classified them according to periods, nations, cancer types and symptoms.
Results:
138 articles (91%) were published after 1996, 65 (43%) published in USA. For breast, lung, prostate, and esophageal cancer and melanoma, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-quality of life questionnaire(EORTC-QLQ) was used most frequently to evaluate quality of life. Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment(FACT) for bladder cancer, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS) for colorectal cancer and University of Washington Quality of Life questionnaire(UW-QOL) for Head & Neck cancer were used repeatedly. For patients with symptoms such as bone marrow depression, depression, pain, dyspnea, nausea & vomiting and voice change, the investigators used EORTC-QLQ mainly to evaluate QOL. FACT-An(anemia) for anemia, and FACT-BMT(bone marrow transplant) for bone marrow depression were applied generally.
Conclusions:
It is anticipated that further investigations will be performed to develop adequate QOL scales for oriental medical anti-cancer therapy. |
| Key words:
Quality of Life, scale, cancer, PubMed |
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