• Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
YANG Jie, Email: 18980606084@126.com
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Objective To summarize research progress of quality of life in patients after colorectal cancer surgery.Methods The literatures about quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer surgery in recent years are reviewed.Results Quality of life had became an important criterion for evaluating the therapeutic effect and prognosis of cancer. At present, the assessment tools for the quality of life of colorectal cancer patients mainly included the universal scale [such as Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)], the applicable scales for cancer patients [such as European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer: quality of life questionaire-C30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer: quality of life questionaire-CR38 (EORTC QLQ-CR38)], and the special scales for stoma patients represented by City of Hope Quality of Life-Ostomy Questionnaire (COH-QOL-OQ), Stoma Quality Of Life (Stoma-QOL), Stoma Quality Of Life Scale (SQOLS), and so on. The short-term quality of life of colorectal cancer patients was lower at 1 month after operation and recovered at 3 months after operation. Five years after surgery, attention should also be paid to the long-term quality of life. Besides, postoperative quality of life of colorectal cancer patients was affected by age, occupational status, economy, preoperative physical activity level, psychological and social factor, personality, surgical method, co-morbidity, complication, stoma, and so on.Conclusions Understand the longitudinal changes and influencing factors of patients’ quality of life after operation, grasp the time point of effective intervention, and select appropriate assessment tools are necessary for medical staff. It is of great significance to further optimize the clinical management pathway and improve the quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer after operation.

Citation: HE Yuhua, YANG Jie, JIANG Lili. Research progress of quality of life in patients after colorectal cancer surgery. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2019, 26(9): 1126-1131. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201812095 Copy

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