Effects of a family participation program on quality of life in colorectal cancer patients receiving home chemotherapy
Keywords:
Family Participation, Quality of Life, Colorectal Cancer, Home ChemotherapyAbstract
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effects of family participation program on quality of Life in colorectal cancer patients receiving home chemotherapy based on the family participation of Schepp theory (1995) and patients and family centered care (Institute for patients and family center care, 2023). The samples consisted of 20 colorectal cancer patients receiving home chemotherapy and 20 family and were recruited based on an inclusion criteria including an experimental group. Data collection tools included 1) Personal demographic questionnaire 2) Family demographic questionnaire 3) The record for hospital discharge 4) Family support assessment (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient = 0.97) and 5) Quality of life assessment (FACT-C) Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.98. The obtained questionnaire data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, chi-squared test, and repeated measures ANOVA. The findings indicated that the mean score of the quality of life from the 1st time to the 4th time were 81.25, 66.00, 71.65 and 78.00, respectively. It also showed that the mean scores of qualities of life of colorectal cancer patients undergoing home chemotherapy at the 1st time, compared to the 2nd time and the 2nd time, compared to the 4th time were statistically significantly different. (p<0.05). However, the comparison, which were the 1st time and the 3rd time, the 1st time and the 4th time, the 2nd time and the 3rd time, and the 3rd and the 4th time was not different statistically (p>0.05). In conclusion, the study results indicate that the family participation program increase patient care efficiency, which has a positive impact on patients' quality of life.
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