MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN ĐẾN CHẤT LƯỢNG CUỘC SỐNG CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH UNG THƯ PHỔI SAU XẠ TRỊ TẠI BỆNH VIỆN PHỔI TRUNG ƯƠNG

Abstract

Background: Lung cancer is a common malignancy, the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Caring and treating for lung cancer patients is a process that requires the patient and their family to have perseverance, faith and great efforts both physically and mentally. Objective: Analyze some related factors to the quality of life among lung cancer patients after radiation therapy at the National Lung Hospital, in 2020. Methods: Cross-sectional study. The study collected information from patients with lung cancer after radiation therapy in the National Lung Hospital through standardized EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-LC13 questionnaires in Vietnam. The patient's CLCS was evaluated according to 5 functionals and clinical symptoms. Data were entered by Epidata 3.1 and analyzed by SPSS 18.0. Results: The finding showed that, QoL of patients was average (55.1 points), characteristics of patients, 5 functional aspects (physical, cognitive, functioning, psychological, social), and clinical symptoms contributed 68.6% of the change in the patient's mean score of QoL. Three independent factors that had statistical significance with the mean score of QoL of patients were the number of hospital admissions, emotional function and nausea symptoms (p<0.05).