ギリシャの癌患者の生活の質の決定因子としての社会資本:横断的な研究
Athanasios Pitis1, Maria Diamantopoulou1, Aspasia Panagiotou1
1Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece.
Frontiers in public health
|September 2, 2025
まとめ
ギリシャの癌患者にとって 社会資本の高まりは 生活の質の向上につながります この発見は 癌の治療と患者の福祉における 社会的決定因子の重要性を強調しています
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学
- 公衆衛生
- 社会学
背景:
- 社会的決定要因が癌の負担と生活の質に大きな影響を与えています.
- 社会的要因ががん患者の福祉に及ぼす影響を強調しています.
研究 の 目的:
- ギリシャの癌患者における社会資本と生活の質 (QoL) の関連性を調査する.
- 癌の生存者の間で,個々の社会資本が,QOLの様々な側面にどのように影響を与えているかを探求する.
主な方法:
- ソーシャルキャピタルアンケート (ギリシャ語版) とEORTC Core Quality of Lifeアンケート (EORTC QLQ-C30) を用いて横断的な調査を行った.
- 統計的分析には,正常性のためのKolmogorov-Smirnovテスト,記述的統計 (平均/SD,中位数/IQR,頻度),および関連を評価するためのSpearman相関係数が含まれていた.
主要な成果:
- 総社会資本のスコアが高くなったと,全体的なQOLが高くなった (β=0.005,p<0.001).
- より高い社会資本は,よりよい感情的機能 (β=0.004,p=0.004) と社会的機能 (β=0.009,p=0.002) と相関する.
- 社会的資本の増加は,吐き気 (β=-0.017,p=0.015),不眠症 (β=-0.014,p=0.002),食欲低下 (β=-0.010,p=0.018) および便秘 (β=-0.009,p=0.047) の減少とも関連していた.
結論:
- 高い社会資本と ギリシャの癌患者の生活の質の改善との間には 強い関連性があります
- これらの発見は,がん治療と生存率の向上における重要な要因として,社会資本の役割を強調しています.
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