SHAO Zhuyan,WEN Qiang,LI Dan, et al. Correlative analysis between the quality of life and social support in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer#br#[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2015, 45(9): 679-.
Abstract：Objective: To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) and the social support in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, and to analyze the relationship between them. Methods: 122 patients with recurrent ovarian cancer were interviewed with two questionnaires: Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 (QLQ-C30) and Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS). Results: QOL declined in recurrent ovarian cancer, with poor global health score (56.48±22.02). Among positive ratings in five functional domains, social functioning score (64.48±25.70) was the lowest. And among reverse ratings, financial difficulties (49.45±34.61) were the most main factors reducing QOL. The social support in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer was good. The mean score of total social support was 5.64±0.94, but the mean score of family support inside (6.14±0.84) was higher than that of family support outside (5.39±1.16). The difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). It showed a negative correlation between social support and financial difficulties. Family support inside had positive correlation with score of cognitive functioning and social functioning, and negative correlation with score of fatigue and pain (P<0.05). Conclusion: Patients with recurrent ovarian cancer have poor QOL. The social support of them closely related with QOL, and we should use the social support sufficiently to improve QOL of patients.
