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Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Patients with Gastrointestinal Neoplasms  

Lee, Eun-Ok (College of Nursing, Seoul National University)
Eom, Ae-Yong (Department of Nursing, Margaret Pritchard University)
Song, Rha-Yun (Department of Nursing, Chungnam National University)
Chae, Young-Ran (Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University)
Lam, Paul (Department of Family Medicine, University of New South Wales)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.38, no.5, 2008 , pp. 649-655 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing quality of life after analyzing the relationship between depression, health promotion and quality of life in patients with gastrointestinal neoplasms. Methods: The subjects of this study were 63 people who underwent treatments from 2 general hospitals in Seoul and Daejeon and had no recurrence in stages I & II of gastrointestinal neoplasms. Data was collected from March 1 to April 30, 2006. A questionnaire consisting of Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D), Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal (FACT-C) was given. The collected data was analyzed with the SPSS program which was used for descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients and hierarchical multiple regression. Results: The major findings of this study were as follows: 1) There was a significant relationship between depression (r=-.639, p=.000), health promotion (r=.407, p=.001) and quality of life. 2) Significant factors were depression (F=-4.091, p=.000) and health promotion (F=2.375, p=.021) that explained 46% of quality of life (F=10.022, p=.000). Conclusion: Cancer patients experienced extreme depression which led to a negative effect on quality of life. Health promotion was an important variable to the quality of life and it gave the patients motivation for having a will and belief for better health.
Keywords
Gastrointestinal neoplasms; Depression; Health promotion; Quality of life;
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