Research Article
Year 2022,
Volume: 61 Issue: 1, 64 - 72, 15.03.2022
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to describe the symptoms experienced by cancer patients receiving palliative care, patients’ performance and the effects on their quality of life.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study and was conducted with 106 patients admitted to palliative care unit at a university hospital in Izmir, located in the west of Turkey, between December 2019 and April 2020. For data collection, Patient Information Form, “Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status Scale”, “Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)” and “Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative Care (FACIT-Pal) Scale” were applied. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, Kruskall Wallis Analysis and linear regression analysis were used.
Results: Patients reported that the most common symptoms experienced were fatigue, sense of being unwell, anxiety, sadness (depression) and pain. According to the regression analysis, there was a statistically significant difference between the total quality of life scores of the patients and pain, fatigue and nausea from the patients' ESAS symptoms. The quality of life scores were significantly lower in the patients who were hospitalized, had an advanced disease stage, did not have metastases or did not know their metastases status and had a low performance status ECOG. There was a statistically significant difference between patients' ECOG performance status and quality of life.
Conclusion: Patients have multiple symptoms and poor quality of life. Our findings support the importance of symptom assessment and management to improve quality of life.
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Year 2022,
Volume: 61 Issue: 1, 64 - 72, 15.03.2022
Abstract
Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı, palyatif bakım alan kanser hastalarının yaşadıkları semptomları, hastaların performanslarını ve yaşam kalitelerine olan etkilerini tanımlamaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı bir çalışma olup, Türkiye'nin batısında yer alan İzmir'de bir üniversite hastanesinin palyatif bakım ünitesine başvuran 106 hasta ile Aralık 2019-Nisan 2020 tarihleri arasında yapılmıştır. Veri toplama için Hasta Bilgi Formu, “Doğu Kooperatif Onkoloji Grubu (ECOG) Performans Durum Ölçeği”, “Edmonton Semptom Değerlendirme Ölçeği (ESAS)” ve “Kronik Hastalık Tedavisinin Fonksiyonel Değerlendirmesi-Palyatif Bakım (FACIT-Pal) Ölçeği” uygulandı. Verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistikler, Ki-kare testi, Kruskall Wallis Analizi ve lineer regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Hastalar en sık yaşadıkları semptomların yorgunluk, kendini iyi hissetmeme, kaygı, üzüntü (depresyon) ve ağrı olduğunu bildirmiştir. Regresyon analizine göre hastaların toplam yaşam kalitesi puanları ile hastaların ESAS semptomlarından ağrı, yorgunluk ve bulantı arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark vardı. Hastanede yatan, hastalığı ileri evrede olan, metastazı olmayan veya metastaz durumunu bilmeyen ve performans durumu ECOG düşük olan hastalarda yaşam kalitesi puanları anlamlı olarak daha düşüktü. Hastaların ECOG performans durumu ile yaşam kalitesi arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark vardı.
Sonuç: Hastaların birden fazla semptomu ve düşük yaşam kalitesi vardır. Bulgularımız, yaşam kalitesini iyileştirmek için semptom değerlendirmesi ve yönetiminin önemini desteklemektedir.
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- Kavak F, Özdemir A, Dural G. The Relation between spiritual wellbeing and psychological resilience among patients diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer. Current Psychology 2019: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-0116-0.
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- Cherny N. Cancer pain syndromes. In: Melzack R, Wall PD, editors. Handbook of pain management. Edinburg: Churchill Livingstone. 2003; 603-39.
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- Pickard-Holley S. Fatigue in cancer patients. A descriptive study. Cancer Nurs 1991; 14 (1): 13-9.
- Bruera E, Kuehn N, Miller MJ, Selmser P, Macmillan K. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS): A simple method for the assessment of palliative care patients. Journal of Palliative Care 1991; 7 (2): 6–9.
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- Kurt S, Unsar S. Assessment of symptom control in patients with cancer in Northwestern Turkey. European journal of oncology nursing: the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society 2011; 15 (2): 137–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2010.07.004.
- Bağçivan G. Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Pallıative Care (Facıt-Pal) Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the Scale, Master's Thesis, Ankara. 2018.
- Dong ST, Butow PN, Costa DS, Lovell MR, Agar M. Symptom clusters in patients with advanced cancer: a systematic review of observational studies. J Pain Symptom Manage 2014; Sep, 48 (3): 411-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.10.027
- Tuna H, Ünver G, Molu B. Symptom clustering and nursing in end-stage cancer patients with palliative care. Ankara Journal of Health Sciences 2018; 7 (2): 64-9. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/599430. (In Turkish).
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- Bülbül Y, Ozlu T, Arinc S, et al. Assessment of palliative care in lung cancer in Turkey. Medical principles and practice: international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre 2017; 26 (1): 50–6. https://doi.org/10.1159/000452801
- Riba MB, Donovan KA, Andersen B, et al. Distress Management, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: JNCCN 2019; 17 (10): 1229–49. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2019.0048
- WHO Report on cancer: setting priorities, investing wisely and providing care for all. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
- Verkissen MN, Hjermstad MJ, Belle SV, Kaasa S, Deliens L, Pardon K. Quality of life and symptom intensity over time in people with cancer receiving palliative care: Results from the international European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom study. Plos One 2019; October 9: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222988.
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- Nathania R, Fahman J, Saroso OJD, et al. Association between performance status and quality of life in breast cancer patients: A Preliminary Study. Ann Oncol 2019; 30 (6): 146. https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdz343.133
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Health Care Administration |
| Journal Section | Research Articles |
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| Publication Date | March 15, 2022 |
| Submission Date | October 4, 2021 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2022Volume: 61 Issue: 1 |
