TITLE:
Relationship between Self-Care and Hand Foot Syndrome Specific Quality of Life in Cancer Patients
AUTHORS:
Naoko Mikoshiba, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani, Kazuki Sato, Yukari Yaju, Mitsunori Miyashita
KEYWORDS:
Chemotherapy, Hand-Foot Syndrome, Neoplasm, Quality of Life, Supportive Care
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.6 No.2,
February
18,
2016
ABSTRACT: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe adherence to self-care for hand-foot syndrome (HFS) and the relationship between self-care and health-related quality of life (QOL). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 105 consecutive outpatients with HFS. To assess self-care for HFS and QOL, the participants were asked to complete self-care and HFS-14 (hand-foot syndrome specific QOL) questionnaires, respectively. Multiple regression models were used to identify the relationship between self-care and QOL. Results: Adherence to self-care for HFS was low, less than 50% for most of the items. Multivariate analysis revealed that poorer self-care (βs = -0.19; P = 0.03), depressive symptoms (βs = 0.43; P βs = 0.20; P = 0.04) were independent predictors of poorer QOL scores. Conclusions: We have identified a need for further research to develop effective programs of self-care in HFS.