Are we Helpless in Lung Cancer? Discharge Program for Symptom Control: An Experimental Case-Control Study

The purpose of the study was to establish the effectiveness of a discharge program on symptom control and quality of life in patients with lung cancer. Experimental case-control study study. This study was conducted at Ege University, in Izmir, Turkey. Routine clinic patient care was administered to...

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Published in:International journal of caring sciences 2015-01, Vol.8 (1), p.86
Main Authors: Korkmaz, Medet, Fadiloglu, Zehra Çiçek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Hospitals
Lung cancer
Medical research
Quality of life
Studies
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Summary:The purpose of the study was to establish the effectiveness of a discharge program on symptom control and quality of life in patients with lung cancer. Experimental case-control study study. This study was conducted at Ege University, in Izmir, Turkey. Routine clinic patient care was administered to the control group whilst a discharge program was administered to the experimental group. Karnofsky Performance Scale, LCSS, and the EORTC QLQ C-30 and LC-13 Quality Of Life Questionnaire were used in both groups three times in six weeks. A statistically significant difference was detected between the scores of fatigue, dyspnea, pain, role function, social function and, global quality of life in the repeated measures of the patients in the experimental groups. A significant improvement was observed within a period of 6 weeks in quality of life and symptom severity levels of patients who had lung cancer and to whom a discharge program was applied.
ISSN:1791-5201
1792-037X