Quality of life in patients with endometrial carcinoma: A Longitudinal Study.
Jiebing Chen, Qiaojian Zou, Xuanmin Chen and 4 others
PMID 34009689WHAT IT FOUND
Endometrial cancer patients reported better quality of life at the second and third months after surgery than at the first month.
Higher monthly income was linked to better postoperative quality of life. The study did not test nursing care.
Key findings
01Total SF-36 scores were significantly higher at the second and third months after surgery than at the first month, with no significant difference between the second and third months.
02Higher monthly income was significantly associated with better postoperative quality of life in multivariate analysis.
03Univariate analysis associated educational experience, monthly income and physical discomfort with differences in total scores between the first and third months after surgery.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
The study only followed patients at the first, second and third months after surgery, so it cannot say what quality of life is like later. All measurements were self-reported with the SF-36, so subjective bias and measurement error are possible. Only 69 patients from one hospital in China were included, so results may not apply to other settings. The study was observational and did not test a nursing intervention, so it cannot show that care advice or income caused quality-of-life change.
Declared interests
No conflicts of interest were declared. The study was funded by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that nursing care improved quality of life. The study was observational and did not test a nursing intervention. It also did not show that income itself caused better quality of life; it only reported an association.