Symptom clusters and impact on quality of life in lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify symptom clusters (SCs) in lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and explore their impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Methods

Patients were invited to complete the Chinese version of the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory with the Lung Cancer Module and the Quality of Life Questionnaire-core 30. Network analysis was employed to identify SCs. The associations between SCs and each function of HRQoL were examined using the Pearson correlation matrix. Multiple linear regression was applied to analyze the influencing factors of each function of HRQoL.

Results

A total of 623 lung cancer patients who were receiving chemotherapy were recruited. The global health status of lung cancer patients was 59.71 ± 21.09, and 89.73% of patients deve

SUBMITTER: Luo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11599356 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature