Asian Oncol Nurs.  2018 Mar;18(1):11-20. 10.5388/aon.2018.18.1.11.

A Comparative Study on the Characteristics of Cancer Patients and Cancer Survivors

• Baek SY
• Choi JY

• KMID: 2409140
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2018.18.1.11

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to identify and compare the characteristics of cancer patients and cancer survivors.
METHODS
This study used data from the Korea National and Health Nutrition Examination Survey (2010~2015), conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This study included 455 cancer patients and 567 cancer survivors. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-tests, and χ2.
RESULTS
Cancer survivors were less compliant compared to cancer patients in drinking frequency (χ2=13.12, p ≤.001), drinking volume (χ2=13.35, p=.001) and cancer screening tests (χ2=4.79, p=.029). Cancer patients showed higher body weight change compared to cancer survivors (χ2=7.37, p=.025). There was no difference in quality of life (QoL) between the two groups (t=1.38, p=.169).
CONCLUSION
This study indicates that cancer survivors have poor living habits and no improvement in QoL compared to cancer patients. Oncology nurses should pay attention to cancer survivors compliance of living habits to prevent secondary cancer and to improve their QoL.

Keyword

Neoplasms; Survivors; Health Behaviors; Quality of Life

MeSH Terms

Body Weight Changes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Compliance
Drinking
Early Detection of Cancer
Health Behavior
Humans
Korea
Quality of Life
Survivors*

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