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Update on Health-related Quality of Life in Colorectal Cancer Patients

  • Young-Seok Cho
    • Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.70-75
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    • 2015
  • Along with the recent trend of improved survival in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become a significant outcome measure and its improvement is an important goal. The most widely adopted CRC specific HRQoL questionnaires are the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Qualityof-Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-CR38) and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-C). CRC survivors without serious comorbidity or recurrence experience only minor deficits of overall HRQoL when compared to the general population. However, disease recurrence, progression, and more specific limitations, including weight loss, reduction in energy, and psychosocial problems like psychological distress and depression, could result in lower HRQoL. To improve HRQoL, further research is required to develop appropriate health education regarding lifestyle changes and personalized intervention strategies for CRC survivors.

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Evaluation on Quality of Life in Urban with Weighting Analysis by Cohort (연령별 가중치 분석을 통한 도시의 삶의 질 지표선정)

  • Kim, Sun-Ho;Cheong, Hye-Young;Lee, Myeong-Hun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.12 no.7
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    • pp.453-462
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the quality of life and provide an objective evaluation, and differentiated according to the local population for the realization of the quality of life policies are intended to provide baseline data. This study analyzed to the Development of Quality of Life indicators and weights for age differences in the quality of life, first to select the literature and previous studies analyzing the primary evaluation criteria. Second, the final evaluation of professional conduct FGI indicators are derived. Third, experts will conduct analysis to target weights. As a result of the first domain-specific weights family safety, economic stability, residential culture, health and welfare, and traffic environment in order. In particular, a family safe zone more than twice that of the other areas appeared to be important. Is determined. Second, age weighted analysis, the higher the age, economic stability, while important, safe area for families, the more the weight of age shows a deterioration. As income increases per capita housing area and the city park area, the exhibition shows the importance of housing across all age, environment, culture, suggests that increasing interest will.