Factors that Influence Quality of Life in Cancer Patients

Korean J Health Promot Dis Prev > Volume 9(1); 2009 > Article

Korean J Health Promot Dis Prev 2009;9(1):33-40.

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한상숙1

경희대 간호과학대학·동서간호학연구소¹, 경희의료원²

Factors that Influence Quality of Life in Cancer Patients

Abstract

Background
This study was aimed to identify factors that influence the quality of life in cancer patients and to made this data available for nursing to improve patient-care. Methods Our sample included 131 cancer patients who were treated as outpatients or were hospitalised in a university hospital located in Seoul. Instruments used in this study were adopted from several scales- quality of life, social support, self-esteem, perceived health status, self-care, hope, self-efficacy, and perceived susceptibility․severity, and thoroughly modified to verify reliability and validity. Results Factors influencing quality of life were perceived health status (β=.393), pain (β=..233), perceived susceptibility․severity (β=.215), self-care (β=.200), and self-efficacy (β=.179). which explained was 59.1%. Conclusions Perceived health status, pain, perceived susceptibility, severity, self-care, and self-efficacy were identified as important variables in the quality of life of cancer patients. Key words Cancer, Quality of Life, Health Status, Pain, Susceptibility․Severity, Self-Care, Self-Efficacy