Assessment of quality of life and its determinants among caregivers of lung cancer patients: a cross sectional study in a tertiary care centre of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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dc.contributor.authorPal, Jayitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSantra, Avradipen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:00:01Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractBackground: Lung cancer is the commonest cancer worldwide considering its incidence and mortality. It not only affects the life of the patient, but also has significant impact on the life of the primary caregivers too. The study aimed to assess the Quality of Life (QOL) among caregivers of lung cancer patients and to find out its determinants.Methods: It was an institution based cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care center of Kolkata with the help of a predesigned, pretested, structured, standardized questionnaire where 210 patient-caregiver dyads were included by complete enumeration method to assess quality of life of the caregivers and its possible predictors.Results: Half of the caregivers experienced poor quality of life (overall QOL score ≤ median score) as assessed by QOLLTI-F (Quality of Life in Life-Threatening Illness-Family Carer Version). Multivariate analyses suggested that gender, religion, area of residence, financial burden, stage and type of lung carcinoma, disability and depression among the patients were important determinants of quality of life of the caregivers.Conclusions: Comprehensive care covering different domains like financial risk protection, psycho-social assistance through governmental and also different non-governmental initiatives, self-help groups are the needs of the hour to address this important public health issue as caregiver’s life is equally important as that of the patient and they are highly interdependent.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Environmental/Occupational Health, Institute of Public Health, Kalyani, West Bengal, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPal Jayita, Santra Avradip. Assessment of quality of life and its determinants among caregivers of lung cancer patients: a cross sectional study in a tertiary care centre of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2019 Dec; 7(12): 4728-4732en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-6071
dc.identifier.issn2320-6012
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/211792
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber12en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20195511en_US
dc.subjectCaregivers, Determinants, Lung cancer, Quality of lifeen_US
dc.titleAssessment of quality of life and its determinants among caregivers of lung cancer patients: a cross sectional study in a tertiary care centre of Kolkata, West Bengal, Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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