Journal of Gastric Cancer

The Korean Gastric Cancer Association (대한위암학회)
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Quality of Life in Patients with Stomach Cancer after Operation

위암 수술 환자에서의 삶의 질

  • Jeon Yang-Whan (Departments of Neuropsychiatry Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Han Sang-Ick (Departments of Neuropsychiatry Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Jeon Chul-Eun (Departments of Neuropsychiatry Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim Jin-Jo (Departments of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Park Seung-Man (Departments of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 전양환 (가톨릭대학교 성모자애병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 한상익 (가톨릭대학교 성모자애병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 전철은 (가톨릭대학교 성모자애병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 김진조 (가톨릭대학교 성모자애병원 외과학교실) ;
  • 박승만 (가톨릭대학교 성모자애병원 신경정신과)
  • Published : 2004.03.01
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was designed to explore quality of life (QOL) in patients with stomach cancer by using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) Instrument- Korean version. Materials and Methods: Thirty-one (31) patients with stomach cancer after curative resection were recruited with informed consent. Age- and gender-matched hospital staff served as controls. The 100-item WHOQOL Instrument, including physical domain, psychological domain, social domain, independence domain, environment domain, and spiritual domain, was employed for the all subjects. Results: In patients with stomach cancer after operation, only two domains, physical and independence, were associated with worse quality of life. In those domains, patients with advanced stage, with total gastrectomy, with adjuvant chemotherapy, and early or late postoperative period ($\leqq$2 years or >5 years after operation), could be perceived of having a worse quality of life. Conclusion: Not only scientific objective success but also individual subjective perception of condition could be important for managing patients with stomach carcinomas after curative resection. In this context, the WHOQOL reflecting multi-dimensional state of well being could be a useful tool across a variety of cultural and value systems in the world.

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