Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Quality of life of elderly persons with newly diagnosed cancer

Quality of life of elderly persons with newly diagnosed cancer The aim was to investigate quality of life (QoL) in elderly persons newly diagnosed with cancer (65+ years) in relation to age, contact with the health‐care system, ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL), hope, social network and support, and to identify which factors were associated with low QoL. The sample consisted of 101 patients (75 women and 26 men) newly diagnosed with cancer. EORTC QLQ‐C30, Nowotny's Hope Scale, Katz ADL and the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI) were used. The analysis was carried out in four age groups and revealed no significant differences in QoL. Compared with the other age groups, those of a high age (80+ years) more often lived alone, used more home‐help service and had a smaller social network. Factors associated with low QoL were ‘no other incomes than retirement pension’, ‘low level of hope’ and ‘lung cancer’. In addition, ‘being told that the cancer disease has not come to an end’, ‘needing more help in activities of daily living’, ‘getting help from grown‐up children’ and ‘needing help with PADL’ were associated with low QoL. Those at risk of inferior QoL, that is, having poor economy, low level of hope and lung cancer need special attendance and specific interventions to improve QoL. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

Quality of life of elderly persons with newly diagnosed cancer

Download PDF
11 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/wiley/quality-of-life-of-elderly-persons-with-newly-diagnosed-cancer-qyIMur8Ik0

References (57)

Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0961-5423
eISSN
1365-2354
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00546.x
pmid
15606712
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The aim was to investigate quality of life (QoL) in elderly persons newly diagnosed with cancer (65+ years) in relation to age, contact with the health‐care system, ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL), hope, social network and support, and to identify which factors were associated with low QoL. The sample consisted of 101 patients (75 women and 26 men) newly diagnosed with cancer. EORTC QLQ‐C30, Nowotny's Hope Scale, Katz ADL and the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI) were used. The analysis was carried out in four age groups and revealed no significant differences in QoL. Compared with the other age groups, those of a high age (80+ years) more often lived alone, used more home‐help service and had a smaller social network. Factors associated with low QoL were ‘no other incomes than retirement pension’, ‘low level of hope’ and ‘lung cancer’. In addition, ‘being told that the cancer disease has not come to an end’, ‘needing more help in activities of daily living’, ‘getting help from grown‐up children’ and ‘needing help with PADL’ were associated with low QoL. Those at risk of inferior QoL, that is, having poor economy, low level of hope and lung cancer need special attendance and specific interventions to improve QoL.

Journal

European Journal of Cancer Care – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 2004

There are no references for this article.