The Relationship between Quality of Life and Supportive Care Needs for Gynaecological Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy in a Regional Teaching Hospital at Southern Taiwan

Sheng-Hui Su

Abstract

Purposeï¼?To evaluate the relationship between quality of life and supportive care needs and investigate the most frequent unmet supportive care needs in women with gynaecological cancer during chemotherapy in a regional teaching hospital. Methodï¼?This longitudinal study was conducted on 18 patients underwent a 6-course chemotherapy from March 2018 to August 2018. The information of Quality of Life (EORTC-QLQ-OV28) and the Support Care Needs Survey Summary (SCNS-SF34) were obtained after each course of chemotherapy. Totally 6 sets of questionnaires were collected during the whole course of study period. The correlation of data obtained from quality of life versus those from SCNSSF34 was studied using linear regression analysis.