The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회지)

The Society of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회)
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Current Status of Studies on Cancer-Related Quality of Life Instruments

암 관련 삶의 질 평가도구에 관한 연구 현황

  • Cho, Jung-Hyo (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Son, Chang-Gue (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Lee, Yeon-Weol (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Yoo, Hwa-Seung (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Sung, Jung-Hyeon (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Kim, So-Young (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Lee, Myong-Min (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Kang, Wee-Chang (Department of Applied Statics, College of Law and Economics, Daejeon University) ;
  • Cho, Chong-Kwan (Department of East-West Cancer Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University)
  • 조정효 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 손창규 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이연월 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 유화승 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 성정현 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김소영 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이명민 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 강위창 (대전대학교 법경대학 응용통계학과) ;
  • 조종관 (대전대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Published : 2006.03.30
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Abstract

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.

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