[Survival and its influencing factors of the lung cancer patients with hospice service].
BACKGROUND
Survival and the quality of life more comprehensively evaluates the survival conditions of cancer patients. This paper aims to analyze the survival time and quality of life (QOL) of hospice lung cancer patients and discusses the influencing factors to provide a basis for ameliorating their survival conditions.


METHODS
Advanced lung cancer patients who are receiving hospice care in the Shengjing Hospital were retrospectively analyzed and followed-up. The data were analyzed using SPSS 13.0. The median survival of patients was determined using the Kaplan-Meier method, and their QOL were evaluated using the tumor patient's QOL scale. Finally, the relationship between the survival index and the various factors were determined.


RESULTS
For 269 patients, the average QOL score was 28.76 and the median survival was 10 months. Awareness of their illness, pain relief, Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score, and nutritional status are the independent factors of QOL. Surgery, time of the occurrence of pain, pain relief, and KPS score are the independent factors of survival time.


CONCLUSIONS
The survival of patients with advanced cancer is poor; hence, we should strengthen and improve hospice care in terms of the influencing factors to enhance the QOL of patients and prolong their survival.
Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Hao
H
Liu
Haiqiang
H
Guo
Yumei
Y
Wang
Rong
R
Liu
Leilei
L
Chu
Ming
M
Cui
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D055815:Young Adult