Health-related quality of life of breast and colorectal cancer patients undergoing active chemotherapy treatment: Patient-reported outcomes

AlFayyad, Isamme; Al-Tannir, Mohamad; Howaidi, Jude; AlTannir, Dana; Abu-Shaheen, Amani

doi:10.1007/s11136-022-03145-8

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“…The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal (FACT-C) questionnaire is a validated and reliable measure of health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer[ 17 ]. It consists of five subscales: physical well-being (seven items; score range 0-28), social well-being (seven items; score range 0-28), emotional well-being (six items; score range 0-24), functional well-being (seven items; score range 0-28), and a colorectal cancer subscale (seven items; score range 0-28).…”

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Risk factors for anastomotic fistula development after radical colon cancer surgery and their impact on prognosis

Wang,

2023

World J Gastrointest Surg

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BACKGROUND Colon cancer is a common malignant tumor in the gastrointestinal tract that is typically treated surgically. However, postradical surgery is prone to complications such as anastomotic fistulas. AIM To investigate the risk factors for postoperative anastomotic fistulas and their impact on the prognosis of patients with colon cancer. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 488 patients with colon cancer who underwent radical surgery. This study was performed between April 2016 and April 2019 at a tertiary hospital in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. A t -test was used to compare laboratory indicators between patients with and those without postoperative anastomotic fistulas. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent risk factors for postoperative anastomotic fistulas. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Cancer was also used to assess postoperative recovery. RESULTS Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that age [odds ratio (OR) = 1.043, P = 0.015], tumor, node, metastasis stage (OR = 2.337, P = 0.041), and surgical procedure were independent risk factors for postoperative anastomotic fistulas. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the development of postoperative anastomotic fistula (P = 0.000), advanced age (P = 0.003), and the presence of diabetes mellitus (P = 0.015), among other factors, independently affected prognosis. CONCLUSION Postoperative anastomotic fistulas significantly affect prognosis and survival rates. Therefore, focusing on the clinical characteristics and risk factors and immediately implementing individualized preventive measures are important to minimize their occurrence.

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Risk factors for anastomotic fistula development after radical colon cancer surgery and their impact on prognosis

Wang,

2023

World J Gastrointest Surg

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“…QoL is generally seen as an important end-point for assessing the quality of care and management in oncology [ 14 ]. Studies have shown that QoL is heavily impaired by the severe side effects associated with chemotherapy [ 15 , 16 ]. In addition, studies have noted a decline in QoL in patients with cancer with stronger feelings of anxiety and depression [ 17 , 18 ].…”

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Effect of multidisciplinary collaborative empowerment education on psychological distress and quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy

Liu

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Purpose To evaluate the effects of multidisciplinary collaborative empowerment education on psychological distress and quality of life (QoL) in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods A quasi-experimental study was conducted using repeated measures at pre- and post-intervention in the fourth chemotherapy cycle. Sixty patients with colorectal cancer aged 36–84 years were allocated to the intervention and control groups. The intervention group received multidisciplinary empowerment education, while the control group received routine health education. Psychological distress involving depression and anxiety symptoms was assessed using The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) and QoL was measured using The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTCQLQ-C30). Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to examine intervention effects. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS software (version 26.0). Results Psychological distress was considerably lower and QoL was considerably better in patients following multidisciplinary empowerment education in the intervention group than those in the control group. In addition, psychological distress significantly decreased and QoL improved in the intervention group compared to baseline. Conclusion Multidisciplinary collaborative empowerment education was effective in improving the psychological distress and QoL among patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy. These findings suggest that the establishment of multidisciplinary collaborative empowerment education might be considered as an innovative means of clinical patient education during combination chemotherapy to improve health outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer. However, our results should be interpreted with caution because of the small sample size. Further validation in a larger sample or randomized controlled design is necessary in the future.

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“…There are many studies in the literature on patients with colorectal cancer. Most of these are clinical studies [ 3 – 8 ] study cancer treatments effects on quality of life [ 9 – 12 ], their costs [ 13 , 14 ] or both parameters simultaneously [ 15 , 16 ]. However, studies were mostly carried out on subjects such as comparison of institutions, pre-op and post-op results, and chemotherapy drug effects.…”

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Comparison of chemotherapy treatment administration via venous port and peripheral vascular access in terms of quality of life and costs

Erişen

Yılmaz

2023

Qual Life Res

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Health-related quality of life of breast and colorectal cancer patients undergoing active chemotherapy treatment: Patient-reported outcomes

Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

Risk factors for anastomotic fistula development after radical colon cancer surgery and their impact on prognosis

Risk factors for anastomotic fistula development after radical colon cancer surgery and their impact on prognosis

Effect of multidisciplinary collaborative empowerment education on psychological distress and quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy

Comparison of chemotherapy treatment administration via venous port and peripheral vascular access in terms of quality of life and costs

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