Chia- Hui Liao
National Yang- Ming University,Taiwan
Title: The quality of life trend change on newly diagnosed lung cancer patients
Biography
Biography: Chia- Hui Liao
Abstract
The purpose of this study was focused on understanding the trend change of quality of life on newly diagnosed lung cancer patients and their influential factors. A one-year prospective longitudinal research design was used. A total of 250 newly diagnosed lung cancer patients were recruited using convenience sampling from a medical center in Taipei Taiwan. The instruments including demographic data, M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Taiwan form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Taiwan version of IPAQ-SF and WHOQOL-Taiwan version were used for data collection at the time of being diagnosed, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month post-diagnosed. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 software package. The frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used for descriptive statistical analysis and chi-square test, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation and GEE were used for inferential statistical analysis. A p-value of less than 0.05 was to be the reference for the statistical significance. The findings indicated the degree of symptoms interfered walking and PSQI score were major predictors of QOL of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients, and the global QOL of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients didn’t improve over time. The results of this study revealed the trend change of health outcomes on newly diagnosed lung cancer patients, and it could be as the references for providing care to these patients and identifying the appropriate time to implement health promotion intervention for lung cancer survivors in the future.