[Analysis of factors associated with quality of life for older adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving outpatient gemcitabine therapy as an alternative inpatient therapy].
An increasing number of patients with lung cancer are undergoing outpatient chemotherapy as an alternative to inpatient therapy. To investigate the factors influencing the quality of life (QOL) for these patients, we administered a QOL questionnaire, The QOL Questionnaire for Cancer Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs (QOL-ACD) to 8 older adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer. The medical factors related to the overall QOL scores and other categories indicating activity, physical condition, psychological condition, social relationship, psychological condition and face scale were analyzed. No significant decrease in each factor was observed in this study.
Ishiura
Yoshihisa
Y
Dept. of Clinical Oncology, Toyama City Hospital.
Yamamoto
Hiroki
H
Terasaki
Yasushi
Y
Ishida
Youichi
Y
Fukushima
Wataru
W
Hirosawa
Hisashi
H
Izumi
Ryouhei
R
Tanikawa
Fumiko
F
Hayase
Hideko
H
Maruyama
Kazumi
K
Obata
Chiemi
C
Ishikawa
Mika
M
Kasahara
Kazuo
K
Fujimura
Masaki
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003625:Data Collection; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D000093542:Gemcitabine
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D000093542:Gemcitabine