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. 2018 Oct 31;14(5):810-816.
doi: 10.12965/jer.36334.167. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Analysis of differences in subjective health status according to characteristics of hospitalized cancer patients

Ji-Youn Kim  1 , Eun-Surk Yi  2
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Analysis of differences in subjective health status according to characteristics of hospitalized cancer patients

Ji-Youn Kim et al. J Exerc Rehabil. .

Abstract

This study is intended to analyze differences in the self-rated health of patients according to the characteristics of hospitalized cancer patients. To this end, this study analyzed the differences in self-rated health according to cancer diagnosis type, cancer stage and adjunctive treatment and analyzed the recognition of difficulties in physical activities during hospitalization. A questionnaire survey was conducted among data of 162 hospitalized cancer patients. For the self-rated health of cancer patients according to diagnosis type, it was lower in the gastric cancer group than in the thyroid cancer group and the breast cancer group. For self-rated health according to cancer stage, it was higher in the order of the stage 3 group, stage 2 group and stage 1 group. For the self-rated health of patients receiving adjunctive treatment, it was the lowest in the chemotherapy+radiotherapy group. And for personal constraints according to cancer stage in the category of "physical," it was higher in the stage 3 group than in the stage 1 group. For hospital environment restrictions according to cancer stage in the category of "tool," it was higher in the stage 1 group than in the stage 3 group. In conclusion, personal constraints on the physical activities of cancer patients appear to be due to fatigue and a lack of motivation, but medical services that influence motivation are critical to individual and continued care strategies for the patients.

Keywords: Characteristics; Hospital environment; Hospitalized cancer patients; Personal constraints; Physical activity; Self-rated health.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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