Abstract:

In recent years, the mortality rate of patients with malignant tumors gradually decreases, but brought low quality of life from the adverse reactions and complications. Occupational therapy plays a significant role in improving the quality of life of the patients with malignant tumors. There are many quality-of-life scales for evaluation, such as the general quality of life evaluation scale, cancer-specific quality of life evaluation tools and cancer-specific quality of life evaluation tools,which provide a basis for subsequent treatment. Occupational therapy may work to relief the pain after surgery, maintain or improve the motor function, the activities of daily living, strengthen endurance and cardiopulmonary function, reduce anxiety and depression, promote the return to work or school, for the family, provide suggestions for community environment adjustment, and guide the training for lymphedema. Some problems still remained, such as the insufficient rehabilitation service, the medicine-based model, and insufficient rehabilitation therapists.

Key words: occupational therapy, tumor rehabilitation, quality of life, review