Factors Related to Quality of Life of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care, KaengKhro Hospital, Chaiyaphum Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to study quality of life and factors Related to Quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients receiving palliative care. The subjects were 138 terminally ill   cancer patients receiving palliative care who attended palliative care units, KaengKhro hospital, selected by purposive sampling. Data collection during  February 2021 - July 2021. Research tools were        questionnaire included general Information, Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and         correlation analysis using Chi-square, Fisher's exact test and Pearson's correlation statistics.

The results showed that the number of terminally ill cancer patients receiving palliative care was similar to that of males (50.72% and 49.28%). Aged between 61-80 years old (47.10%). The overall quality of life of terminal cancer patients receiving palliative care was at a moderate level (x̄ =75.51, S.D.=8.76). The factors statistically significant correlated with quality of life were education level (p=0.019) and monthly income (p=0.005). Duration of illness was significantly negatively associated with quality of life at a low level (r=-0.316, p<0.001). Satisfaction was moderately positively correlated with quality of life, statistically significant (r=-0.538, p<0.001).