2008
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132008000600009
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Avaliação da qualidade de vida em pacientes com câncer de pulmão através da aplicação do questionário Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey

Abstract: Objective: To assess the quality of life of patients with lung cancer and to compare it with that of individuals without cancer. Methods: The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) was administered to 57 patients diagnosed with lung cancer, treated at the Lung Cancer Outpatient Clinic of the Hospital São Paulo, and to a control group of 57 individuals recruited from the Extra Penha workout group. The Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the groups, domain by domain. The first model of… Show more

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“…The results of the present study are in agreement with previous findings on lung cancer with respect to the predominance of male patients who smoke [19][20][21][22][23] . In a review about the occurrence of lung cancer in the United States, the authors reported that around 10% of the patients were non-smokers and that non-smoking women are more frequently afflicted by this illness in comparison to men who do not smoke 24 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…The results of the present study are in agreement with previous findings on lung cancer with respect to the predominance of male patients who smoke [19][20][21][22][23] . In a review about the occurrence of lung cancer in the United States, the authors reported that around 10% of the patients were non-smokers and that non-smoking women are more frequently afflicted by this illness in comparison to men who do not smoke 24 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…The studied nurses and nursing technicians often presented scores worse than those obtained by individuals with diverse pathologies in studies also using the SF-36 (19)(20) . These results are extremely worrying considering that the studied professionals are people fully active in caring for patients in critical condition.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes com câncer de pulmão em nosso estudo coincide com trabalhos prévios, com predominância das seguintes características: sexo masculino, faixa etária média acima de 60 anos, fumantes [15][16][17] , tipo histológico adenocarcinoma, e estadiamento IIIB e IV nos casos de CPNPC [16][17][18][19] epidermoide, mas ambos estão relacionados ao tabagismo 20,21 . Os sintomas pré-tratamento mais frequentemente relatados pelos nossos pacientes foram os respiratórios.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Uma das possíveis explicações para as modificações terem sido pequenas nos três momentos da avaliação pode ser o fato de que esses pacientes já apresentavam uma pior QV pré-tratamento. Apesar disso, nossos pacientes apresentam escores de QV semelhantes aos publicados em estudo prévio 18 . Os pacientes do GC deste estudo evoluíram com piora da CF ao longo do acompanhamento.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified