Altıparmak, S Celal Bayar Üniversitesi - Sağlık Yüksekokulu - Halk Sağlığı Hemsireliği, Turkey , Fadıloğlu, Ç Ege Üniversitesi - Hemşirelik Fakültesi - Iç Hastalıkları Hemsireliği, Turkey , Gürsoy, S T Ege Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Halk Sağlığı AbD, Turkey , Altıparmak, O Manisa Devlet Hastanesi - Göğüs Hastalıkları, Turkey

The relationship between quality of life and self-care agency in chemotherapy treated lung cancer patients

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Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality of life of cancer patients and the levels of self-care agency. In addition, to determine the factors and to evaluate the relation between self-care agency and quality of life in chemotherapy treated lung cancer patients Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted in the Dr Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery and Research Hospital, Izmir between the 1st of January 2006 and 2007. The population of the study was 84 chemotherapy treated lung cancer patients. The data was collected using 3 forms, the sociodemographic form, the EORTC QLQ-30 Scale and the Self-Care Agency scale. The Student T-Test, Mann-whitney-U test and Pearson correllation analysis were used for analysis.Results: The sample included 72.6% male, 66.7% primary level educated, 28.6% were workers, and all married. 56 patients (66.7%) have nonsmall cell carcinoma. 46.4% have metastatic carcinoma. We found that the quality of life is better in males, who are higher educated, have small carcinoma, and whose duration of disease was shorter/longer and received treatment than in those less have a worse quality of life than the others (p 0.05). The comparison of the self-care agency and items of quality of life suggested that there is a positive relation between the self-care agency and role functioning, physical functioning, and social functioning.Conclusion: To improve the quality of life of cancer patients, developing a self-care agency is necessary for patients and maintains their health and development planning activities and increases motivation which is important.

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Lung Cancer , quality of life , self , care agency

Ege Journal Of Medicine

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