survival and its influencing factors of the lung cancer patients with hospice service

• DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2012.07.04
• Publication Date: 2012-07-01
• Authors: Leilei Chu; Rong Liu; Ming Cui; Yumei Wang; Hao Liu; Haiqiang Guo
• Keywords: Adult; Aged, 80 and over; Male; QOL; Lung Neoplasms; Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens; Survival analysis; Middle Aged; Survival Analysis; 03 medical and health sciences; Young Adult; 0302 clinical medicine; Hospice Care; Socioeconomic Factors; Lung neoplasms; Multivariate Analysis; Influencing factor; Quality of Life; Humans; Female; RC254-282; Survival time; Aged

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.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.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.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.