ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2020
Evaluation of Quality of Life and Health Care Needs in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.
Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07061236 (The Effect of Education on Comfort and Anxiety Levels in Patients Receiving 5-FU Treatment Administered With an Elastomeric Pump), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of Education on Comfort and Anxiety Levels in Patients Receiving 5-FU Treatment Administered With an Elastomeric Pump: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effect of healthcare professional-delivered health literacy interventions on patient reported outcomes in cancer patients - a systematic review.BMC cancer · 2026Pooled it
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- Patient Dignity on the Demoralization and Quality of Life of Inpatients with Cancer: Cross-sectional study.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2025Article
- The effect of taste alteration on malnutrition and quality of life in patients undergoing chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Impact of Personalized Recovery Interventions on Spinal Instability and Psychological Distress in Oncological Patients with Vertebral Metastases.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of group music therapy on state-anxiety and well-being levels of oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy: a multi-center randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Chrysin Encapsulated Copper Nanoparticles with Low Dose of Gamma Radiation Elicit Tumor Cell Death Through p38 MAPK/NF-κB Pathways.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Quality of life, distress, anxiety and depression of ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2022Article
- Evaluation of adverse events and health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer receiving ambulatory home-based chemotherapy in Thailand.Nursing open · 2021Observational
- Comparison of the anxiety, depression and their relationship to quality of life among adult acute leukemia patients and their family caregivers: a cross-sectional study in China.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Cutaneous adverse events and quality of life in outpatients receiving anticancer agents: results from an observational, cross-sectional study.Drugs in context · 2020Article
- Effect of a Single Live Group Music Therapy Intervention on Anxiety-State and Well-Being Levels During Chemotherapy: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial Protocol.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
Symptoms are decisive in the quality of life of patients. Progression of the underlying disease leads to many physical and psychological symptoms in patients. Increases in these symptoms often prevent patients from complying with treatment. Therefore, the symptoms must be recognized, evaluated, and controlled for the treatment to be effective. This study determined the unmet needs of patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment and the effects of these needs on the patients' quality of life. Four hundred fifty patients were studied. Data were collected using the Patient Information Form, the Nightingale Symptom Assessment Scale (N-HAQ), the Supportive Care Requirements Questionnaire (DBGÖ), and the FACT-G (v4) Quality of Life Scale. The areas in which patients needed the most support were pain, weakness/fatigue, bad feelings, sadness, mood swings, difficulty in doing home-related tasks, fear of the cancer spreading, inability to control the situation, worries about the future, fear of death, worries about upsetting relatives, and being in need of information regarding their sexual lives. The results showed that for patients who had higher support requirements, higher incidences of symptoms led to a reduced quality of life. Consequently, frequently evaluating these symptoms to meet the needs identified, frequently measuring the quality and efficiency of care and advising these patients on their needs is recommended.
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