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Influence of Social Support for a Cancer Patient undergoing Radiation Treatment on Quality of Life

방사선치료중인 암환자의 사회적 지지가 삶의 질에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Sunggil (Dept. of Radiological Science, Hanlyo University) ;
  • Ruy, Soyeon (Dept. of Preventiv Medicine, college of Medicine, Chosun University)
  • 김성길 (한려대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 류소연 (조선대학교의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2016.01.12
  • Accepted : 2016.04.25
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

This study, targeting a cancer patient undergoing radiation treatment, conducted this research with the aim of looking into the relevance between family support belonging to a patient's primary environment, social support consisting of medical personnel, and the quality of life; this study set 199 patients available for investigation from Jan. 25, 2012 until April 30, 2012 as research subjects among the cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment at the Radiation Oncology Department of a university hospital located in Seoul Metropolitan City. In the analysis of collected data, this study conducted t-test using SPSS/WIN 18.0 Statistical Program, and looked into the relevancy between independent variables including social support, and the quality of life as a dependent variable using analysis of variance, correlation analysis and multi-regression analysis. Conclusively, it was found that the higher the family support perceived by a cancer patient undergoing radiation treatment, the higher the quality of his/her life; thus, this study could learn that there exists a significant relation between family support and the quality of life. Accordingly, it is thought that it's necessary to develop an intervention strategy which makes it possible to intensify family support and social support, etc. for the purpose of improving the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment; further, this study thinks that it's necessary to do additional research which could analyze diverse aspects by subdividing the future quality of life by area.

방사선치료중인 암 환자를 대상으로 하여 환자의 일차 환경에 속하는 가족지지와 의료인 지지로 구성된 사회적 지지와 삶의 질과의 관련성을 알아보고자 본 연구를 실시하였으며, 연구대상자는 서울특별시에 소재한 일개 대학병원 방사선종양학과에서 방사선치료중인 암 환자들 중 2012년 1월 25일부터 2012년 4월 30일까지 조사가 가능하였던 199명을 대상으로 하였다. 수집된 자료 분석은 SPSS/WIN 18.0 통계 프로그램을 이용하여 t-test, 분산분석, 상관관계분석 및 다중회귀분석을 이용하여 사회적 지지를 비롯한 독립변수와 종속변수인 삶의 질과의 관련성을 알아보았다. 결론적으로 방사선 치료중인 암 환자가 지각하는 가족지지가 높을수록 삶의 질도 높게 나타나 유의한 관련이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 방사선치료중인 암 환자들의 삶의 질을 향상시키기 위해서 가족지지 및 사회적지지 등을 강화시킬 수 있는 중재 전략의 개발이 필요할 것으로 생각되며, 더 나아가 향후 삶의 질을 영역별로 세분화하여 다양한 측면을 분석할 추가적인 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.

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