Quality of life for patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing Radio frequency Ablation | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 13, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 191-201 PDF (292.7 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.228549 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Manal Salah1; Yosreah Mohamed2; Ahmed Soliman3; Azhar Taha4 | ||
| 1Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing ,Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 3Lecturer of Interventional Radiology Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 4Faculty of Medicine, M.Sc Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is considered as one of the most challenging tumors with high incidence, prevalence and mortality rates. Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) is one of the emerging therapeutic modalities used for the minimally invasive treatment in the management of early-stage of HCC. Aim: This study aimed to assess quality of life for patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma undergoing Radio Frequency Ablation. Design: Descriptive design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Setting:This study was conducted at the Interventional Radiology Unit, affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospital Subject: A purposive sample of 50 patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. undergoing RadioFrequency Ablation. Tools: (I)Structured Interview Questionnaire for patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma undergoing Radio Frequency Ablation. It is composed of three parts. Socio-demographic characteristic, Assessment of Patients' medical health and knowledge about HCC and RFA. (II) Quality of life of cancer Survivors Questionnaire. Results: The present study revealed that near two thirds of patients had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge to all items about HCC and RFA. On the other hand there were statistically insignificant relations between the patient's Quality of life and their level of knowledge. Conclusion: More one half of the studied patients had Low QoL regarding physical, social, emotional, functional and Spiritual wellbeing. The most prominent physical problem with low effect quality of life of physical dimension among the studied patients were chest pain, lack of energy recurrent infection and urinary retention. Social and family problem concerning with low quality of life of social and family dimension was treatment cost as burden on patient's family. Recommendations: Health education programs about disease and its treatment modalities should be provided for HCC patients using new methods of teaching such as computer assisted instructions and home videos should be performed. Further studies about the effect of the bio-psychosocial needs on the patients` quality of life and outcomes. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hepatocelullar Carcinoma HCC; Radiofrequency ablation; quality of life | ||
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