Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care (한국호스피스완화의료학회)
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A Review on Palliative Care Research Outcomes: Focus on the Quality of Life

완화의료연구에서의 결과에 대한 검토: 삶의 질을 중심으로

  • Hwang, In-Cheol (Department of Family Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital) ;
  • Ahn, Hong-Yup (Department of Statistics, Dongguk University-Seoul)
  • Received : 2012.08.06
  • Accepted : 2012.08.16
  • Published : 2012.09.01
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Abstract

Over the past several decades, the assessment of quality of life (QoL) has increasingly played a prominent role in both clinical practice and research regardless of the medical field. Palliative care is defined as an approach that improves the QoL of patients and their families and optimizing their QoL is the primary goal of palliative care. However, it is difficult to compare related studies due to several obstacles such as discrepancies in definitions for palliative medicine, lack of consensus on the central domains and diverse instruments. In this paper, we examined the current status of and challenges in QoL studies and discussed possible solutions. We are convinced this review will be helpful for further palliative care studies.

과거 수십 년에 걸쳐 '삶의 질'은 의학의 분야를 막론하고 임상과 연구 모두에서 그 중요성이 더해 가고 있다. 완화의료는 환자와 그 가족의 삶의 질 향상시키기 위한 활동으로 정의되며, 그들의 삶의 질 향상이 완화의료의 가장 중요한 목표이다. 하지만, 이질적인 정의, 세부항목의 불일치, 도구의 다양성 등으로 인해 연구간 비교가 어려운 실정이다. 본 고에서는 지금까지의 연구동향과 문제점, 그리고 그 해결책에 대해 논의해 보았으며, 향후 완화의료분야 연구에 도움이 되리라 확신한다.

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