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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.2.497

Factors affecting on Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Cancer Survivors: Focusing on Gender Difference  

Lee, In-Jeong (School of Social welfare, Hoseo University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.2, 2018 , pp. 497-507 More about this Journal
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Objectives: The purpose of this article was to evaluate the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of cancer survivors and to identify its predictors according to gender. Methods: The research was conducted with the data for 203 (cancer survivors?) taken from the 6th wave of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the EQ-5D index score was used for the measurement of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The independent variables inluded socio-demographic data, health related factors (survival duration, disability, subjective health recognition), and psychosocial factors (stress, unmet medical needs). The data were analyzed by the t-test, ANOVA, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results: the HRQoL of the female cancer survivors was significantly worse than that of the males in terms of their mobility, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression quality of life. The only statistically significant factor affecting the HRQoL of the male cancer survivors was their subjective health recognition. In the case of the female cancer survivors, the statistically significant factors were their age, subjective health recognition and unmet medical needs. Conclusions: the results of this study showed a different pattern of predictors according to the gender of the cancer survivors. Therefore, gender should be considered when assessing and addressing the individual care needs of cancer survivors, in order to obtain optimal treatment outcomes.
Keywords
cancer survivors; gender difference; Health related Quality of Life(HRQoL); subjective health recognition; unmet medical need;
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