dc.contributor.author | Dobríková, Patricia | |
dc.contributor.author | Stachurová , Dana | |
dc.contributor.author | Slaná, Miriam | |
dc.contributor.author | Littlechild, Brian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-20T14:50:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-20T14:50:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-03-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dobríková , P , Stachurová , D , Slaná , M & Littlechild , B 2018 , ' The quality of life of hospitalized and outpatient oncological patients ' , KONTAKT – Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences related to Health and Illness , vol. 20 , no. 1 , KONT-152 , pp. e57-e62 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.09.006 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1212-4117 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/20186 | |
dc.description | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Patricia Dobrikova, Dana Stachurova, Miriam Slana, and Brian Littlechild, ‘The quality of life of hospitalized and outpatient oncological patients’, Kontakt, Vol. 20 (1): e57-e62, March 2018. Under embargo until 6 October 2018. The final, definitive version is available online via DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.09.006 | |
dc.description.abstract | The quality of life of sufferers of chronic and serious diseases is a phenomenon which has come to the attention of contemporary medicine, nursing and other supporting professionals working with cancer patients. This research set out to determine whether there is a difference in the self-perception of the quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients and cancer outpatients. This study deals with the comparison of quality of life in 128 outpatient and hospitalized cancer patients in the curative stage of cancer. The QLACS (Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors) “How do I live with the disease?” questionnaire was used in the survey. To ascertain the total value of the quality of life we used scoring with a potential spread of responses from 1 to 7 in the QLACS questionnaire. Using this scale, various items in the questionnaire measured the level of each frequency of problems (1 = never, 7 = always). The resulting value of quality of life of the patient was higher when the final score was lower. A significance level of 0.005 in the resulting value of quality of life (sig. = 0.000) in the study group of patients confirmed the hypothesis, which assumed that the quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients is significantly lower than the quality of life of cancer outpatients. The quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients is significantly lower than the quality of life of cancer outpatients (sig. = 0.000) since admission to hospital with all the accompanying negative factors for the patient – the separation from family and loved ones, unfamiliar environment, undergoing often difficult and invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, which amongst others, are very stressful for the patient, with a potentially negative impact on the patient's quality of life. | en |
dc.format.extent | 1019866 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | KONTAKT – Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences related to Health and Illness | |
dc.subject | Cancer patient questionnaire QLACS | |
dc.subject | Hospitalized cancer patient | |
dc.subject | Outpatient cancer patient | |
dc.subject | Quality of life | |
dc.subject | Nursing(all) | |
dc.subject | Philosophy | |
dc.subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | |
dc.title | The quality of life of hospitalized and outpatient oncological patients | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Health and Social Work | |
dc.contributor.institution | Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work | |
dc.contributor.institution | Social Work, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities | |
dc.contributor.institution | Patient Experience and Public Involvement | |
dc.contributor.institution | Communities, Young People and Family Lives | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Applied Clinical, Health and Care Research (CACHE) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Future Societies Research | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-10-06 | |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031705819&partnerID=8YFLogxK | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.09.006 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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