Author(s)

Naoko Mikoshiba^1*, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani¹, Kazuki Sato², Yukari Yaju³, Mitsunori Miyashita²

¹Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
²Department of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
³Department of Nursing, St Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe adherence to self-care for hand-foot syndrome (HFS) and the relationship between self-care and health-related quality of life (QOL). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 105 consecutive outpatients with HFS. To assess self-care for HFS and QOL, the participants were asked to complete self-care and HFS-14 (hand-foot syndrome specific QOL) questionnaires, respectively. Multiple regression models were used to identify the relationship between self-care and QOL. Results: Adherence to self-care for HFS was low, less than 50% for most of the items. Multivariate analysis revealed that poorer self-care (βs = -0.19; P = 0.03), depressive symptoms (βs = 0.43; P < 0.0001), and being employed (βs = 0.20; P = 0.04) were independent predictors of poorer QOL scores. Conclusions: We have identified a need for further research to develop effective programs of self-care in HFS.

Chemotherapy, Hand-Foot Syndrome, Neoplasm, Quality of Life, Supportive Care

Mikoshiba, N. , Yamamoto-Mitani, N. , Sato, K. , Yaju, Y. and Miyashita, M. (2016) Relationship between Self-Care and Hand Foot Syndrome Specific Quality of Life in Cancer Patients. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 100-109. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2016.62011.