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Journal of Medical Physics and Applied Sciences
ISSN: 2574-285X
I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n
Nuclear Medicine &
Radiation Therapy
Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy 2018
O c t o b e r 0 1 - 0 2 , 2 0 1 8
S t o c k h o l m , S w e d e n
Quality of life and suicidal ideation among patients with well
differentiated thyroid carcinoma undergoing radioactive I-131
therapy at Perpetual Succour Hospital, Cebu City for the year 2018
Junjie Neri Caber, Charles S Tan and Ian Fruto G Teodorico
Perpetual Succour Hospital, Philippines
Biography
Junjie Neri Caber is the Radiation Safety Officer and the Chief
Nuclear Medicine Technologist at Perpetual Succour Hospital,
Cebu City, Philippines. She was the President of the Philippine
Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Cebu Chapter. She is
a Licensed Medical Technologist by the Philippine Board and
licensed by the American Society of Clinical Pathology Inter-
national. She has obtained her Bachelor of Science in Medical
Technology at South-western University Cebu City, Philippines
in 2006. She finished her Postgraduate course with a degree
Master of Public Health. Furthermore, she obtained her Dis-
tance Assisted Online Training course to all Nuclear Medicine
Technologist through International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) in 2015.
Currently, she is working on her PhD in Education major in Re-
search and Evaluation at Cebu Normal University, Cebu City,
Philippines.
junjiecaber@yahoo.comObjective:
This descriptive co-relational study aimed to determine the quality of
life of patients with well differentiated thyroid carcinoma undergoing radioactive
iodine (I-131) therapy and their suicidal ideation at Perpetual Succour Hospital for
the year 2018.
Method:
The subjects of the study with well differentiated thyroid carcinoma
comprising the entire group and classified as to: age, sex, civil status, educational
attainment, work status, stage of cancer and co-morbid conditions. The data
gathered were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics set at 5% level of
significance.
Result:
The level of cancer and the socio-demographic profiles of the respondents
indicated that at least one of the predictors in the model has a statistically
significant association with a higher level of cancer. In particular, only age is
statistically significant at the significance level of 0.05. Since the coefficient is
positive, it indicates that a higher level cancer becomes more likely as the age
increases. The odd ratio also indicates that for every one year the patient grows the
likelihood of a higher level cancer is increased by 1.12 times. The overall level of the
Quality of Life of the respondents in terms of psychological, physical, emotional,
social and financial is good. While the respondent’s level of suicidal ideation in
terms of psychological and emotional is low. Moreover, marital status is observed
to be statistically significant. Finally, co-relational analysis of quality of life and
the suicidal ideation of the respondents show that the correlation coefficient is
statistically significant at the significance level of 0.05. The coefficient suggests a
moderate negative relationship.
Conclusion:
This study proved that once the patient is diagnosed with cancer,
changes in the age are associated with changes in the probability of the severity
of the cancer by 1.12 times. The quality of life differs among statuses. The
respondents who are married have better quality of life compared with the others,
while separated ones have poorer life quality. Lastly, the study proved that the
better the quality of life, the less likely for the patients to commit suicide.
Junjie Neri Caber et al., J. med phys & appl sci 2018, Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-285X-C1-002