Health-related quality of life and health care utilisation among older long-term cancer survivors: A population-based study

Abstract

Health-related quality of life and health care utilisation among older long-term cancer survivors Mols, F.; Coebergh, J.W.W.; van de Poll-Franse, L.V.

Health-related quality of life in survivors of lymphoma: a systematic review and methodological critique

“…In contrast, one study found that men experienced greater fatigue and worse overall HRQoL than women [30]. Lower educational level was associated with worse HRQoL [18][19]21].…”

“…Finally, employed survivors reported better physical functioning than unemployed survivors [21,32], as well as better emotional HRQoL and general health [21] and better vitality and mental functioning [22].…”

“…These articles are summarised in Table II. Eight articles covering six datasets [15,17,[19][20][21][22][23][24] made these comparisons using the SF-36 health [10]. In all eight articles, lymphoma survivors reported worse physical functioning relative to the general population even when controlling for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [15].…”

A comparative analysis of the health and well-being of cancer survivors to the general population

“…Years since diagnosis 1-3 years 4-6 years 7-9 years 9-11 years 12-15 years 16-20 years 20+ years 90 (31) 63 (23) 48 (17) 34 (12) 27 (9) 21 (7) 6 (1) 84 (26) 72 (22) 53 (16) 32 (10) 39 (12) 41 (12) 8 (2) 10.12 6 .12 Independent samples t-tests were conducted to examine whether or not there were statistically significant differences between survivors versus controls. Survivors reported significantly poorer health than the General Practice population in terms of physical functioning, physical role limitations, emotional role limitations, mental health, vitality, general health perception and social functioning.…”

“…There were no significant differences in use of specialist services such as mental health. Some studies have found that cancer survivors had greater use of GP services [30,22] and medical specialists; other studies have presented mixed evidence [31].…”