‘표준치료를 받은 폐암 환자의 한방병원 입원 임상경로’개발 및 적용

• Published in: 동의생리병리학회지 Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 178 - 184
• Main Authors: 고금영(Kum-Young Ko), 박소정(So-jung Park), 김동현(Dong Hyeon Kim), 하기태(Ki Tae Ha), 유화승(Hwa Seung Yoo), 윤성훈(Seong-Hoon Yoon), 최준용(Jun-Yong Choi)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한의병리학회 01.12.2023
• Subjects: 한의학; Critical pathway; Content validity; Lung cancer; Integrative medicine
• ISSN: 1738-7698; 2288-2529
• DOI: 10.15188/kjopp.2023.12.37.6.178

The objective of this study was to develop a critical pathway of integrative medicine to improve the quality of life of lung cancer patients who received standard western medicine treatments. A total of 10 medical professionals, including western and Korean medicine doctors, and nurses participated in a validation survey and revised clinical pathway. Then we applied the critical pathway to 11 lung cancer patients who admitted at Korean medicine hospital and evaluated quality of life at the beginning and discharge of admission using European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire(EORTC QLQ). More than 80% of the respondents gave a score of 3 (appropriate) or more for all items in the validation survey and we modified the clinical pathway by adding ‘bed rest’to the activity item. When applying the revised critical pathway to 11 lung cancer patients, the score of 'Nausea and vomiting', 'Insomnia' in EORTC QLQ-30 and ‘chest pain’in EORTC LC-13 showed statistically significant improvements in the before-and-after admission comparision. The application of revised inpatient critical pathway of integrative medicine for lung cancer showed improvement in some symptoms. Development of more critical pathway in various clinical setting and larger scaled application studies of critical pathway are needed. KCI Citation Count: 0