Quality of life in cancer patients receiving palliative care

Autor: Divya Pal Singh
Rok vydání: 2010
Předmět:
Counseling
Pentazocine
Palliative care
Disease
Care giving
Quality of life
Multidisciplinary approach
Panacea
FACT-G© questionnaire
Prospective cohort study
Need based stress management
lcsh:R5-920
Health Policy
Palliative caregivers
Community home based care (CHBC) program
humanities
Cultural acceptable
Pranayama
HIV/AIDS
Perfidy
Ketamine
Original Article
lcsh:Medicine (General)
medicine.medical_specialty
Pain
Outcomes
Karnofsky performance status
FACT-G Questionnaire
People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs)
FACT-G
medicine
Stigma and discrimination
Quality improvement
Experience
Kosish cocktail
Community home based care program
HIV/AIDs clients
Performance status
business.industry
Yoga
questionnaire
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Quality of care
Cancer
Audit
medicine.disease
Asana
Physical therapy
Quality of Life
business
Volunteerism
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Palliative Care
Indian Journal of Palliative Care, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 36-43 (2010)
ISSN: 1998-3735
Popis: Background: The main focus of palliative care services is to improve the patient's quality of life (QOL), which is defined as the subjective evaluation of life as a whole or the patient's appraisal and satisfaction with their current level of functioning compared with what they perceive to be possible or ideal. Aims: In this prospective study we attempt to validate the Hindi version of a questionnaire designed by the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy (FACIT) measurement system; to measure the subjective QOL of cancer patients receiving home-based palliative care, determine ease of use of the questionnaire and correlate the QOL of these patients with the objective assessment of their Karnofsky's performance status and their numerical pain score. Settings and Design: One hundred cancer patients receiving free home-based palliative care in New Delhi, India. Materials and Methods: A multidisciplinary palliative home care team using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G© ) questionnaire in Hindi. Statistical Analysis Used: Microsoft Excel Correlation. Results: The FACT-G© questionnaire in Hindi is a useful tool in measuring QOL and can be used to monitor the patient's progress and symptom control during the course of the disease. It is simple to use and does not take too much time to complete. The results are tabulated in English and can be used for comparison purposes globally; the scoring process is very simple. Conclusions: Increasing QOL and KPS showed a positive correlation whereas increasing pain and better QOL show negative correlation, as do better performance status and increasing pain score.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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