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

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

doi:10.5230/jkgca.2004.4.4.263

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

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association 2004; 4(4): 263-267.

Published online: 13 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5230/jkgca.2004.4.4.263

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

E Jin Park¹, Yang Whan Jeon¹, Sang Ick Han¹, Jin Jo Kim²

, Seung Man Park²

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 (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.

Conclusion

The WHOQOL-BREF is a valid instrument that is useful for evaluating the quality of life in patients with stomach cancer.

Keywords: Stomach cancer, Curative resection, Quality of life, WHOQOL-BREF, Validity

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ORCID iDs: Jin Jo Kim
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