Impact of colorectal cancer on patient and family: Implications for care

Autor: M. Graça Pereira, Hortense Cotrim
Přispěvatelé: Universidade do Minho
Rok vydání: 2008
Předmět:
Male
Saúde de qualidade
Cross-sectional study
Colorectal cancer
Human sexuality
Nursing Methodology Research
Personal Satisfaction
Anxiety
0302 clinical medicine
Lower body
Cost of Illness
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation
Psychological
overburden
Psicologia [Ciências Sociais]
030212 general & internal medicine
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Aged
80 and over
stoma
Depression
Oncology (nursing)
General Medicine
Middle Aged
3. Good health
surgical procedures
operative
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Female
medicine.symptom
Colorectal Neoplasms
Sexuality
Attitude to Health
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
colorectal cancer
digestive system
Statistics
Nonparametric
Stoma
03 medical and health sciences
Internal medicine
Body Image
medicine
Humans
Family
psychological morbidity
Aged
Science & Technology
Portugal
business.industry
Surgical Stomas
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Cross-Sectional Studies
Linear Models
Quality of Life
Physical therapy
business
Zdroj: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
instacron:RCAAP
ISSN: 1462-3889
Popis: Summary The quality of life of a colorectal cancer patient and his family is deeply modified when faced with this diagnosis as a result of physical and psychological changes induced by it. The aim of this study was to identify and assess the impact of colorectal cancer on colorectal cancer patients and their families. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study and the sample consisted of 153 patients and 96 informal caregivers. In terms of quality of life, those patients who had a stoma reported lower overall quality of life, lower body image, poorer health related quality of life and poor social activity when compared with colorectal cancer patients who had no stoma. The stoma patients also had significantly higher depression and anxiety than non-stoma patients. This study further indicated that the patients’ depression and anxiety level were related to the caregivers’ burden. The caregivers of stoma patients had more depression and anxiety when compared with the caregivers of non-stoma patients. To sum up, it seems unquestionable that the presence of a stoma significantly alters the patients’ quality of life, psychological morbidity, sexuality and body image. The stoma patients’ caregivers also suffer from high levels of anxiety and depression.
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