Open AccessAre the elderly patient's changes in the health-related quality of life one year after gastrectomy for stomach cancer different from those in young patients?
Author(s) -
Dong Seok Han,
Jaeil Ahn,
Hye Young Ahn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of surgical treatment and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2288-6796
pISSN - 2288-6575
DOI - 10.4174/astr.2021.100.1.8
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , gastrectomy , cancer , comorbidity , pathological , surgery , nursing
Gastrectomy for elderly patients can significantly deteriorate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). There was no report comparing HRQoL of elderly patients with young patients after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. This study assessed the differences in the changes of HRQoL at one year after gastrectomy according to age.