보조적 항암요법을 받는 유방암 환자의 증상 경험 및 삶의 질의 변화

• Published in: Asian oncology nursing Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 67 - 74
• Main Authors: 박진희(Park, Jin-Hee), 배선형(Bae, Sun Hyoung), 정영미(Jung, Young-Mi)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한종양간호학회 01.06.2015
• Subjects: 간호학; 보조적 화학요법; 보조적 방사선요법; Quality of Life; 유방암; Breast Neoplasms; Adjuvant Chemotherapy; Adjuvant Radiotherapy; 삶의 질; 증상; Symptoms
• ISSN: 2287-2434; 2287-447X

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify changes of symptom distress and quality of life (QOL) in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant therapy. Methods: 113 patients with breast cancer were administered the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale- Short Form and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Breast before adjuvant therapy, both a week and 6 months after completing adjuvant therapy. 71 patients (CTx group) were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. 42 patients (RTx group) received only adjuvant radiotherapy. Data were analysed using the SPSS/Win 21.0 program. Results: Compared with the RTx group, patients in the CTx group reported higher overall symptom distress and physical symptom distress. The CTx group reported lower scores in overall QOL, physical well-being and the breast cancer specific domain than the RTx group. Conclusion: Findings from this study support that chemotherapy results in higher risk for more severe symptoms and leads to impaired QOL for breast cancer patients. Comprehensive symptom management should be implemented for breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. KCI Citation Count: 7