Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Upper GI Malignancies.
Grigorios ChristodoulidisMarina Nektaria KouliouKonstantinos-Eleftherios KoumarelasDimitrios GiakoustidisThanos AthanasiouPublished in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) conditions vastly affect each individual's physical, social, and emotional status. The decision-making process by the medical personnel about these patients is currently based on a patient's life quality evaluation scale, HRQL scales. By utilizing HRQL scales, a better understanding of the various surgical and non-surgical treatment options, as well as their long-term consequences, can be achieved. In our study, an organ-based approach is used in an attempt to examine and characterized the effect of upper GI surgery on HRQL. Therefore, HRQL scales' function as a prognostic tool is useful, and the need for future research, the creation of valid training programs, and modern guidelines is highlighted.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- patients undergoing
- coronary artery bypass
- decision making
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- clinical practice
- current status
- atrial fibrillation
- quality improvement
- acute coronary syndrome
- patient reported
- clinical evaluation