Advances in How Clinical Nurses Can Evaluate and Improve Quality of Life for Individuals With Cancer

King, Cynthia R.

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“…6Y8 Studies have shown that the diagnosis and treatment of cancer affect QOL 6Y9 and oncology nurses often perceive patients' QOL worse than the patients themselves do. 6 Therefore, QOL has become an important focus of both oncology nursing practice and research. Quality of life has often been identified as a top research priority by the Oncology Nursing Society, 10,11 and other oncology nursing organizations have focused their attention on QOL of cancer patients.…”

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“…12 Quality of life is an outcome indicator that is sensitive to nursing interventions, and oncology nurses are in a key position to influence patients' QOL. 6 The purpose of this study was to describe over time the QOL of Icelandic cancer patients initiating a new chemotherapy protocol for either newly diagnosed or progressive disease. In addition, this study assessed the relationship between demographic factors, disease parameters, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and QOL.…”

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Quality of Life and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression of Patients Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy

2010

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The overall survival gain of cancer chemotherapy is estimated to be small, and some claim that it rarely improves quality of life (QOL). The purpose of this population-based study was to describe QOL and symptoms of anxiety and depression, over time, in a group of Icelandic cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Quality of life was measured with the Icelandic version of Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System, Short Form (CARES-SF), and symptoms of anxiety and depression, with the Icelandic version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Enrolled into the study were 144 patients, 90 women and 54 men; mean (SD) age was 55 (12.1) years. Although QOL was found relatively good during the period of chemotherapy, it was significantly worse after 3 and 6 months compared to baseline. Quality of life was found worst in the sexual and physical domains. At all time points, a significant association was found between symptoms of anxiety and depression and QOL with those reporting symptoms of either anxiety or depression experiencing worse QOL. The good QOL found during the period of chemotherapy is a positive finding. The results, however, call for an intense assessment, over time, of physical symptoms, anxiety, and depression, as well as sexuality issues.

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Quality of Life and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression of Patients Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy

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“…These observations are consistent with the meeting of patients' needs and the support that they received from the ICCN program. Patient-centered communication, a core value in the ICCN model, is considered an important mechanism by which nurses can affect quality of life because care is individualized and focused on selection of interventions relevant to identified needs (King, 2006).…”

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The Impact of Specialized Oncology Nursing on Patient Supportive Care Outcomes

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Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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Meeting the supportive care needs of cancer patients remains a challenge to cancer care systems around the world. Despite significant improvements in the organization of medical care of patients with cancer, numerous surveys of cancer populations demonstrate that significant proportions of patients fail to have their supportive care needs met. One possible solution is the introduction of a care coordinator role using oncology nursing to help ensure that patients' physical, psychological, and social support needs are addressed. Although having face validity, there is little empirical evidence on the effects of nurse-led supportive care coordinator roles on patient reported supportive care outcomes. In this article the authors present the results of a prospective longitudinal cohort study of 113 patients referred to a community-based specialist oncology nursing program. Using validated instruments they found significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes in key supportive care domains: unmet needs, quality of life, and continuity of care, as well as a shift in patterns of health resource utilization from acute care settings to the community over the course of the intervention. The results of this study are important in supporting the design and development of controlled trials to examine provider roles in the coordination of supportive cancer care.

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“…Similar to the SEIQOL, the Patient-Generated Index allows individuals to select the five most important areas for their QOL, rate how badly each area has been affected and prioritize the areas as to which they would most like to improve (King, 2006).…”

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“…Two instruments designed to overcome the problem of imposing an external value system on individuals rather than allowing them to describe their QOL in terms of factors they consider important are the Subjective Evaluation ofIndividual QOL (SEIQOL) and the Patient-Centered Index (King, 2006).…”

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Development and validation of a scale to measure health-related socioeconomic well-being in persons with a cancer diagnosis.

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Advances in How Clinical Nurses Can Evaluate and Improve Quality of Life for Individuals With Cancer

Abstract: Clinical nurses can involve individuals with cancer in rating their QOL to assist in providing high-quality care that is directed at positively affecting QOL.

Cited by 40 publications

References 54 publications

Quality of Life and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression of Patients Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy

Quality of Life and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression of Patients Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy

The Impact of Specialized Oncology Nursing on Patient Supportive Care Outcomes

Development and validation of a scale to measure health-related socioeconomic well-being in persons with a cancer diagnosis.

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