Study Of Quality Of Life In Cancer Pain Patients Treated With Opioids

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to describe the the Quality of Life in Patients withCancer Pain and treated with opioids in medical oncology,analyze the opioids’effectson physical function,role function,emotion function,cognitive function and socialfunction of patients with cancer pain.All of these will be reference for reasonableapplication of opioids to improve the quality of cancer pain patients and implement amore comprehensive nursing measures.MethodsIn this study,using convenient sampling method to select166clients fromedical oncology of a hospital in Beijing.can cooperate to fill out the pain and thequality of scale;Patients participated in this study voluntarily and signed theinformed consent;Heart,liver and kidney function without severe disabilities.Using patients generalinformation questionnaire and QLQ C-30to assess the quality of life and the state ofpain of patients and analyze the related factors.A database was established by Exceland make a descriptive analysis using SPSS17.0. Count data using frequency,rateand proportion in form.The each dimension scores of the quality of life of malignantumor was expressed by X±S.Measurement data set was compared by independentsample t test,when p<0.05had thestatistical significance.Results1.The overall health score of respondents is:52.54±20.72；Among five functiondimensions,the score of emotion function is highest,the second one is physicalunction and among the symptom dimension,fatigue,Pain and appetite loss had the higher cores2.The female patients had a higher score than male patients in physical functiondimension and insomnia dimension when treated with opioids,p<0.05,having asignificance difference.3.The scores of patients who were on a job in the dimensions of general healthstate,role function,emotion function,cognitive function and social function werehigher than the patients who were not on a job,there was a significant difference onthem and P<0.05.4.The scores of general health state in patients of missing the opioids are lowerthan the patients who not,there is a statistical difference.In the aspects of function，here is a significant difference on the physical function,role function and socialfunction between the cancer patients who missing the opioids and not.Meanwhile,Inthe aspects of symptoms,the patients who missing the opioids scored higher than thepatients who not in fatigue,pain,dyspnea,appetite loss and financial difficulty,thereis a significant difference among them and p<0.05.5.The difference of the duration of drug make a significant difference on allsymptoms in addition to diarrhea.Conclusions1.As a whole,the quality of patients with cancer pain and treated with opioidsat a low level.2.Gender and work state had effects on the quality of life in patients with cancerpain and treated with opioids.3.Under the premise of the quality of patients with cancer pain and treated withopioids at a low level,the quality of life in patients with who take the opioids drug ontime than not was more higher.4.Taking the opioids drug more time and with the increase of side effects, thelower the quality of life in patients with cancer pain was.