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- The study aimed to compare how pharmacists and nurses in Japan evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients.
- Evaluations were made through a questionnaire filled out by patients and assessments done by both pharmacists and nurses, with results analyzed using artificial neural networks.
- Findings revealed that while pharmacists and nurses had similar QOL scores, their evaluations correlated weakly, indicating they approach QOL assessments from distinct professional perspectives.
Article Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between the professional perspectives of pharmacists and nurses in Japan with regard to evaluation of the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients.
Methods: A group of cancer hospital inpatients (n=15) were asked to rate the condition of their health and their QOL by filling in a questionnaire. On the same day, a group of pharmacists (n=8) and nurses (n=18) also evaluated patient QOL. Three-layered artificial neural network (ANN) architecture was used to model the relationship between the different QOL evaluations made by patients, pharmacists, and nurses.
Results: Although there was no statistical difference between the QOL scores obtained from pharmacists and nurses, the correlation between these scores was weak (0.1188). These results suggest that pharmacists and nurses evaluate the QOL of their patients from different perspectives, based on their respective profession. QOL parameters were modeled with an ANN using the scores, given by patients in answer to questions regarding health-related QOL as input variables. Both the predictive performance of the ANN and the robustness of the optimized model were acceptable. The response surfaces calculated by ANN modeling showed that pharmacists and nurses evaluate patient's QOL using different information and reasoning, which is likely related to the nature of their contact with the patients.
Conclusion: Health professionals evaluate patient QOL from different perspectives, depending on their profession.
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