Effect of nicotine dependence on quality of life and sleep quality in patients with lung cancer who continue to smoke after diagnosis | Zendy

Fen Gu | Zendy; Xuefei Li | Zendy; JinFu Xu | Zendy; Guanghui Gao | Zendy; Yifan Wu | Zendy; Caicun Zhou | Zendy

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Effect of nicotine dependence on quality of life and sleep quality in patients with lung cancer who continue to smoke after diagnosis

Author(s) -

Fen Gu,

Xuefei Li,

JinFu Xu,

Guanghui Gao,

Yifan Wu,

Caicun Zhou

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.12

Subject(s) - medicine , pittsburgh sleep quality index , lung cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , nausea , nicotine , vomiting , insomnia , physical therapy , psychiatry , sleep quality , nursing

Hundreds of millions of Chinese individuals continue to smoke and rates of lung cancer still continue to rise. However, there were few studies that examined the effects of nicotine dependence on quality of life (QOL) and sleep quality in lung cancer patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of nicotine dependence on QOL and sleep quality in lung cancer patients who continue to smoke after diagnosis.

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