ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017
The acceptance of illness, the intensity of pain and the quality of life in patients with lung cancer.
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- Acceptance in Patients With Cancer: A Scoping Review.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
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- Network modeling of the impact of social support and illness acceptance on disease activity in Crohn's disease patients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Acceptance of Illness and Health Behaviours of Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Treated with Haemodialysis: A Single-Centre Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Lung Cancer in Women-Sociodemographic, Clinical and Psychological Characteristics with Comparison to Men.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- [Factors associated with the perception of discrimination: ageism and quality of life of the geriatric population from a bioethical approach]Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2023Observational
- Factors Determining the Level of Acceptance of Illness and Satisfaction with Life in Patients with Cancer.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease related fatigue on Health-Related Quality of Life: a qualitative semi-structured interview study.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2022Article
- The impact of chemotherapy-induced inner ear damage on quality of life in cancer survivors: a qualitative study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2022Article
- The relationship between acceptance of illness and quality of life among men who have sex with men living with human immunodeficiency virus: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing sciences · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic factors affecting the disease acceptance in the group of women with postmenopausal osteoporosis.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundLung cancer is the major cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. The overall 5-year survival rate is very low and accounts for only 15%. Poor quality of life is considered a prognostic factor for shorter survival in lung cancer patients. The aim of the study was to examine the relationships between pain, the acceptance of illness and quality of life in patients with lung cancer.
methodsThe study included 155 patients with lung cancer with mean age of 62.23 [standard deviation (SD)=9.86] years. We used the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain, and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-8) for the assessment of quality of life. For statistical analysis, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and linear regression method were used.
resultsMean score of the acceptance of illness was 27.1 (SD=9.2). Mean score of the pain severity as measured by the VAS was 4.07 (SD=1.83). The acceptance of illness was significantly positively correlated with all the domains of quality of life. Both the AIS and the VAS were independent determinants of physical and mental components of quality of life. Age and World Health Organization (WHO) performance status were additional predictors of physical component of quality of life.
conclusionsThe knowledge about the acceptance of illness, consequences of the decreased acceptance of illness, and factors affecting its level in patients with lung cancer is still insufficient. Relationships among acceptance of illness, quality of life, and pain should be further investigated.
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