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The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2006;27(1): 84-91. |
| 암 관련 삶의 질 평가도구에 관한 연구 현황 |
| 조정효1, 손창규1, 이연월1, 유화승1, 성정현1, 김소영1, 이명민1, 강위창2, 조종관1 |
1대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실
2대전대학교 법경대학 응용통계학과 |
| Current Status of Studies on Cancer-Related Quality of Life Instruments |
| Jung-hyo Cho1, Chang-gue Son1, Yeon-weol Lee1, Hwa-seung Yoo1, Jung-hyeon Sung1, So-young Kim1, Myong-min Lee1, Wee-chang Kang2, Chong-kwan Cho1 |
1Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University
2Department of Applied Statics, College of Law and Economics, Daejeon University |
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Received: February 21, 2006, Accepted: February 24, 2006, Published online: March 30, 2006. |
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The importance of measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL) cannot be overemphasized. However, efforts to implement HRQL measurement often fail because of differences in definition and insufficient information about available measures. In this paper, many available HRQL measures are reviewed, which have been designed for, or frequently used with, people with cancer in order to aid in the evaluation of effects of oriental medicine on cancer patients. A total of 28 articles were selected from three different databases. The selected articles were analyzed according to three aspects of application of the Korean version of HRQL measures, namely generic, disease specific and symptoms related instruments. Nine HRQL measures are completed with Korean validation and data collection under contact and permission of the author. However, research studies that reported data on quality of life (QOL) in cancer patients treated with oriental medicine were wholly lacking. It is recommended that further studies be performed, using methods of data collection whose validity and reliability has been confirmed. |
| Key words:
HRQL, measure, cancer |
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