Survey of quality of life in lung cancer patients who undergoes chemotherapy and assessment of complementary and alternative medicine use after their cancer diagnosis
- Conditions
- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- KCT0002641
- Lead Sponsor
- Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Patients who are diagnosed with lung cancer and are scheduled to undergo first chemotherapy
- Adult patients over 19 years of age
- Patients who agreed to the purpose of the study and wrote a written consent
- Patients who are able to fill out questionnaires on their own or under the care of a caregiver/researcher
- pregnant woman
- Patients who are undergoing treatment for underlying diseases such as malignancies other than lung cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, severe cardiovascular disease, severe infectious disease, complicated diabetes mellitus
- Patients whose cognitive dysfunction cannot fill out questionnaires when participating in the study
- Patients who participated in other clinical studies for the past 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change of EORTC QLQ-C30 score of Global health status, Functional scales(Physical, Role, Emotional, Cognitive, Social Function) and Symptom scales(Fatigue, Nausea and vomiting, Pain, Dyspnea, Insomnia, Appetite loss, Constipation, Diarrhea, Financial difficulties);Change of EORTC QLQ- LC13 score of sypmtoms(Dyspnea, cough, Haemoptysis, Sore mouth, Dysphagia, Peripheral neuropathy, Alopecia, Pain in chest, Pain in arm or shoulder, Pain in other parts)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Experience of using Korean medicine or CAM before and after diagnosis of lung cancer, Plan of using Korean medicine or CAM with chemotherapy, reasons for concurrent using/not using Korean medicine or CAM with chemotherapy