ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2018
Effect of early palliative care on quality of life in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.
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- Early, integrated palliative care for people with chronic respiratory disease: lessons learnt from lung cancer.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseReview
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (nsclc) experience great pain and stress. Our study aimed to explore the effect of early palliative care on quality of life in patients with nsclc.
methodsA total of 150 patients were randomly divided into two groups: control group with conventional care and study group with early palliative care. The quality of life (qol) rating scale and self-rating scale of life quality (sslq) were used to analyze the patients' quality of life. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-D/A (hads-d/a) and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (phq-9) were used to analyze the patients' mood. Pulmonary function indexes of peak expiratory flow (pef), functional residual capacity (frc), and trachea-esophageal fistula 25% (tef 25%) were analyzed using the lung function detector.
resultsThe qol and sslq scales scores of patients receiving early palliative care were significantly higher than those in the control group (
conclusionsThese data demonstrate that early palliative care improves life quality, mood, and pulmonary function of nsclc patients, indicating that early palliative care could be used as a clinically meaningful and feasible care model for patients with metastatic nsclc.
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