Health-related Quality of Life, Fatigue, and Posttraumatic Growth of Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy: A Longitudinal Study

Tanyi, Zsuzsanna; Szluha, Kornélia; Nemes, L.; Sándor, Kovács

doi:10.1007/s11482-013-9261-7

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“…13–16, 19 However, these results contradict previous findings from longer-term research, in which PTG rose steadily during the 1.5–2 years following breast cancer diagnosis. 17 In our earlier analysis of this dataset using random effects models, we found an approximate 10-unit increase in PTGI over time.…”

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Trajectories of Posttraumatic Growth and Associated Characteristics in Women with Breast Cancer

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Background Cancer survivors may experience posttraumatic growth (PTG), positive psychological changes resulting from highly stressful events; however, the longitudinal course of PTG is poorly understood. Purpose To determine trajectories of PTG in breast cancer survivors and associated characteristics. Methods Women (N=653) participating in a longitudinal observational study completed questionnaires within 8 months of breast cancer diagnosis and 6, 12, and 18 months later. Group-based modeling identified PTG trajectories. Chi-square tests and ANOVA detected group differences in demographic, medical and psychosocial variables. Results Six trajectory groups emerged. Three were stable at different levels of PTG, two increased modestly, and one increased substantially over time. Trajectory groups differed by age, race, receipt of chemotherapy, illness intrusiveness, depressive symptoms, active-adaptive coping, and social support. Conclusions This first examination of PTG trajectories in US cancer survivors elucidates heterogeneity in longitudinal patterns of PTG. Future research should determine whether other samples exhibit similar trajectories and whether various PTG trajectories predict mental and physical health outcomes.

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“…13–16 Of note, each of these studies followed women for only 3–6 months, whereas longer-term research has identified increasing PTG after breast cancer. The earliest such longitudinal analysis reported steadily rising levels of PTG during the 1.5–2 years following breast cancer diagnosis.…”

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“…Casellas-Grau et al (2018) reviewed 72 articles focused on cancer; they reported PTG resulted inversely associated with depressive and anxious symptoms and directly related to hope, optimism, spirituality and meaning. In a longitudinal study, Tanyi et al (2014) found a significant positive correlation between social/family well-being and PTG. The affective-cognitive processing model of PTG may help to interpret how PTG affect QoL (Joseph et al, 2012).…”

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Are Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Avoidant Coping Inhibitory Factors? The Association Between Posttraumatic Growth and Quality of Life Among Low-Grade Gliomas Patients in China

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Wang

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Background: Diagnosing with low-grade gliomas (LGGs) can be a very shocking and stressful experience, a traumatic event potentially leading to the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Understanding how patients cognitively and behaviorally response to their diagnosing is also important to postoperative treatment. Thus, the current study explored the association between PTG and quality of life (QoL) of Chinese patients with LGGs. The moderation effects of coping strategies and PTSS on the relationship between PTG and QoL have been examined as well. Methods: Posttraumatic stress symptoms, Posttraumatic growth, coping strategies, and QoL were measured by using self-report surveys. Three hundred and thirty patients completed surveys approximately 1 month after surgery. We used three multiple regression models and added interaction terms in these models to test the moderation effects of PTSS and coping strategies on the relationship between PTG and QoL. Results: The results of hierarchical multiple regression suggested that PTG significantly predicted QoL, both PTSS and coping strategies moderated the association between PTG and QoL. Specifically, the association between PTG and QoL for patients who have non-significant PTSS is stronger than those who have significant PTSS. Furthermore, as the score of Avoidant Coping increases, the association between PTG and QoL becomes weaker. Conclusion: Posttraumatic growth may help to improve the QoL of LGGs patients, but PTSS and Avoidant Coping impeded the positive effect of PTG on QoL.

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“…The comparison with the first group was not found to be significant. In their study, Tanyi et al [29] included 91 cancer patients, and the results showed a decrease in the quality of life during radiotherapy in the domains of physical well-being, social and family harmony and feelings of fatigue.…”

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The quality of life of hospitalized and outpatient oncological patients

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Slaná

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The quality of life of sufferers of chronic and serious diseases is a phenomenon which has come to the attention of contemporary medicine, nursing and other supporting professionals working with cancer patients. This research set out to determine whether there is a difference in the self-perception of the quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients and cancer outpatients. This study deals with the comparison of quality of life in 128 outpatient and hospitalized cancer patients in the curative stage of cancer. The QLACS (Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors) "How do I live with the disease?" questionnaire was used in the survey. To ascertain the total value of the quality of life we used scoring with a potential spread of responses from 1 to 7 in the QLACS questionnaire. Using this scale, various items in the questionnaire measured the level of each frequency of problems (1 = never, 7 = always). The resulting value of quality of life of the patient was higher when the final score was lower. A significance level of 0.005 in the resulting value of quality of life (sig. = 0.000) in the study group of patients confirmed the hypothesis, which assumed that the quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients is significantly lower than the quality of life of cancer outpatients. The quality of life of hospitalized cancer patients is significantly lower than the quality of life of cancer outpatients (sig. = 0.000) since admission to hospital with all the accompanying negative factors for the patient-the separation from family and loved ones, unfamiliar environment, undergoing often difficult and invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, which amongst others, are very stressful for the patient, with a potentially negative impact on the patient's quality of life.

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Health-related Quality of Life, Fatigue, and Posttraumatic Growth of Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy: A Longitudinal Study

Cited by 13 publications

References 51 publications

Trajectories of Posttraumatic Growth and Associated Characteristics in Women with Breast Cancer

Trajectories of Posttraumatic Growth and Associated Characteristics in Women with Breast Cancer

Are Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Avoidant Coping Inhibitory Factors? The Association Between Posttraumatic Growth and Quality of Life Among Low-Grade Gliomas Patients in China

The quality of life of hospitalized and outpatient oncological patients

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