The Effect of Case Management on Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy

Litao Zhang; Ming Xie; Caimei Hong

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The Effect of Case Management on Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy

Litao Zhang, Ming Xie, Caimei Hong

Published in World Journal of Public Health (Volume 5, Issue 2)

Received: 19 April 2020 Accepted: 11 May 2020 Published: 4 June 2020

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Objective: The study attempts to explore the effect of case management on improving the quality of life of breast cancer patients in chemotherapy. Methods: We selected 138 patients who were pathologically diagnosed with breast cancer and were receiving chemotherapy in our department, and averagely divided them into control group and observation group. The control group was given usual nursing care and telephone follow-up after discharge while in the observation group, case management model was employed besides the intervention the control group received. After that, we observed the quality of life and the total incidence of adverse reactions (myelosuppression, gastrointestinal discomfort, skin reaction, allergic reaction, infusion tube related complications, etc.) of the two groups. We used the quality of life questionnaire made by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORCTQLQ-C30) to evaluate the quality of life of the two groups and compared that between the two groups before and after intervention. Results: During chemotherapy, the score on somatic function, role function, emotional function, social function, cognitive function and general health of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). Besides, the total incidence of adverse reactions of the observation group (30.43%) was significantly lower than that of the control group (53.62%) (χ²=7.614, P=0.000). Conclusions: Case management for breast cancer patients in chemotherapy can reduce adverse reactions caused by chemotherapy and increase treatment compliance so as to improve the quality of life of patients.

Published in	World Journal of Public Health (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.wjph.20200502.13
Page(s)	42-46
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Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Adverse reaction, Case Management, Quality of Life

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Litao Zhang, Ming Xie, Caimei Hong. (2020). The Effect of Case Management on Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy. World Journal of Public Health, 5(2), 42-46. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.wjph.20200502.13

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Litao Zhang; Ming Xie; Caimei Hong. The Effect of Case Management on Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy. World J. Public Health 2020, 5(2), 42-46. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20200502.13

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Litao Zhang, Ming Xie, Caimei Hong. The Effect of Case Management on Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy. World J Public Health. 2020;5(2):42-46. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20200502.13

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Litao Zhang

Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Ming Xie

Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Caimei Hong

The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

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Litao Zhang; Ming Xie; Caimei Hong. The Effect of Case Management on Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy. World J. Public Health 2020, 5(2), 42-46. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20200502.13

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Litao Zhang, Ming Xie, Caimei Hong. The Effect of Case Management on Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy. World J Public Health. 2020;5(2):42-46. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20200502.13

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