Open AccessComparison of quality of life between urban and rural gastric cancer patients and analysis of influencing factors
Author(s) -
Jun Tian,
Zhen-Chun Chen,
Bin Wu,
Xia Meng
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i20.2940
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , cluster sampling , regression analysis , rural area , stepwise regression , demography , sample (material) , logistic regression , statistical significance , cancer , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , gerontology , statistics , population , pathology , chemistry , physics , nursing , mathematics , chromatography , sociology , optics
The conception of quality of life has been widely accepted by clinic doctors. Evaluations of the treatment effect of chronic diseases have been changed to depend not only on the survival time, but also on the quality of life of the patients. Fuzhou City and Changle County are high-incidence areas of the gastric cancer in Fujian Province. The aims of this research were to compare the quality of life of urban patients with that of rural patients and analyze the factors influencing quality of life of gastric cancer patients in Fujian Province.