KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG CUỘC SỐNG CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH UNG THƯ PHỔI KHÔNG TẾ BÀO NHỎ TRƯỚC VÀ SAU XẠ TRỊ TẠI KHOA XẠ LỒNG NGỰC, BỆNH VIỆN K

Abstract

Objectivity: To survey the quality of life of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) before and after radiation therapy at the Department of Thoracic Radiation, K Hospital. Subjects and methods: 105 patients were diagnosed as: Primary cancer in the lung stage III treated with radiation. Using the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire scale to survey the quality of life of patients at 2 time points before and after radiation therapy. Results: Before radiation therapy, the highest average score of QOL belonged to the field of “Emotional function” with 72.8 points, second was “Cognitive function” with 72.0 points, and the lowest was in the field of “Emotional function” with 72.8 points. “Active function” 31.7 points. After radiotherapy, the average scores in functional areas are: cognitive (77.2), emotional (76.7), social (71.8), physical (67.1), activity ( 31.2). Overall quality of life at the average of both study points was 54.0 points. The common symptom areas of patients with stage III NSCLC, both before and after radiotherapy, are fatigue (68.2; 65.8), pain (54.4; 43.6), anorexia (53.0). ; 50.2), insomnia (52.5; 28.5) and shortness of breath (31.7; 25.9). Symptoms of nausea, constipation and diarrhea were uncommon with an average score of less than 20 points in both time points. The problem of financial difficulty of the research subjects has a rather high average score (60.4; 63.8).  Conclusion: With the study group, the functional problem of the patient is good, the health problem is at an average level.