Quality of Life in Patients with Stomach Cancer after a Curative Resection: The validity and availability of WHOQOL-BREF

Park, E Jin; Jeon, Yang Whan; Han, Sang Ick; Kim, Jin Jo; Park, Seung Man

doi:10.5230/jkgca.2004.4.4.263

J Korean Gastric Cancer Assoc. 2004 Dec;4(4):263-267. Korean.
Published online Mar 13, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.5230/jkgca.2004.4.4.263

Original Article

Quality of Life in Patients with Stomach Cancer after a Curative Resection: The validity and availability of WHOQOL-BREF

E Jin Park,¹ Yang Whan Jeon,¹ Sang Ick Han,¹ Jin Jo Kim

,² and Seung Man Park²

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- ¹Department of Neuropsychiatry, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
- ²Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
Corresponding author (Email: kjj@olmh.cuk.ac.kr )

Abstract

Purpose

This study was designed to investigate the validity of WHOQOL-BREF (Brief form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument) and to explore quality of life (QOL) by using WHOQOL-BREF in patients with stomach cancer after a curative resection.

Materials and Methods

Fifty (50) patients with stomach cancer after a curative resection were recruited with informed consents. Age- and gender matched hospital staffs served as controls. The 100-item WHOQOL instrument was employed for the all subjects. The scores of the WHOQOL-BREF, which is a short version (26 questions) of the WHOQOL, and includes four domains (physical, psychological, social, and environmental), were compared with those of WHOQOL.

Results

The scores of the WHOQOL-BREF were significantly correlated with those of the WHOQOL in all domains. Two domains, physical and social, were associated with worse quality of life in patients with stomach cancer after a curative resection.