Quality of Life in Oncological Patient at the End of Life
Journal Title: Open Access Journal of Oncology and Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
Cancer is one of the diseases that have the greatest impact on the quality of life of its patients, either because of the real burden of the disease or because of all the myths involved in its diagnosis. The objective of this article is to evaluate the different factors that affect the quality of life of patients beyond the clinical characteristics of the type of cancer. A search was made in pubmen with the key words quality of life, spirituality, cancer, terminal cancer. The only exclusion criteria were articles that were more than 5 years old. It was found that the perception of the quality of life of patients with cancer is related to the fear of death by patients, physical, emotional and psychological changes after diagnosis and treatment [1]. This perception is usually heterogeneous, some patients report being upset by the whole treatment (surgery and chemotherapy) that had happened and others refer that the treatment allows them to give meaning and value to life [1]. Among the main factors associated with quality, it was found that the healthy lifestyle causes a positive impact in terms of the perception of quality, practices such as maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active and on a regular basis, limiting the consumption of unhealthy foods such as red meats and refined carbohydrates can improve clinical outcomes including disease recurrence and survival, and a better quality of life related to health, better physical functioning and less fatigue [2]. Regarding physical activity, objective associations between physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity and sedentary time with quality of life, physical well being and fatigue are positively associated with higher scores on the quality of life questionnaire and physical and functional well being scores, as well as reduction of fatigue [3]. Maintaining an adequate BMI and adequate physical activity has proved to be a protective intervention [4].
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Estevez GM, Nieves Cuervo GM
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