Life satisfaction in young adults with cancer and the role of sociodemographic, medical, and psychosocial factors: Results of a longitudinal study

Leuteritz, Katja; Friedrich, Michael; Sender, Annekathrin; Nowe, Erik; Stoebel-Richter, Yve; Geue, Kristina

doi:10.1002/cncr.31659

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“…One RCT and another pre-post study found that mHealth social support program was associated with an improved HRQoL of cancer patients ( Zhu et al, 2018 ; Pappot et al, 2019 ; Cella et al, 1993 ). Perceived social support is an important determinant of life satisfaction, better mood symptoms, and better perceived HRQoL of patients with cancer ( Leuteritz et al, 2018 ; Yoo et al, 2017 ). Coping strategies of cancer patients are important for the HRQoL of cancer patients ( Nipp et al, 2016 ) and can mediate the relationship between social support and HRQoL ( Zhou et al, 2010 ).…”

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Can mHealth interventions improve quality of life of cancer patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Smith

et al. 2021

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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Can mHealth interventions improve quality of life of cancer patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Bunevičienė

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Smith

et al. 2021

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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“…This instrument evaluates the respondent's subjective QoL. It has been used in several medical elds such as cancer [24][25][26], orthopedics [27], and psychiatry [28]. The questionnaire covers eight areas of life that are assumed to be relevant for most people in the 8) Partnership/Sexuality.…”

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Quality of Life in Urologic Cancer Patients: Importance of and Satisfaction With Specific Quality of Life Domains

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Mehnert‐Theuerkauf³

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PurposeQuality of life (QoL) has been the subject of increasing interest in oncology. Most examinations of QoL have focused on health-related QoL while other factors often remain unconsidered. Moreover, QoL questionnaires implicitly assume that the subjective importance of the various QoL domains is identical from one patient to the next. The aim of this study was to analyze QoL in a broader sense, considering the subjective importance of the QoL components.MethodsA sample of 173 male urologic patients was surveyed twice: once while hospitalized (t1) and once again three months later (t2). Patients completed the Questions on Life Satisfaction questionnaire (FLZ-M), which includes satisfaction and importance ratings for eight dimensions of QoL. A control group was taken from the general population (n = 477).ResultsHealth was the most important QoL dimension for both the patient and the general population groups. While satisfaction with health was low in the patient group, the satisfaction ratings of the other seven domains were higher in the patient group than in the general population. The satisfaction with the domain partnership/sexuality showed a significant decline from t1 to t2. Multiple regression analyses showed that the domains health and income contributed most strongly to the global QoL score at t2 in the patient group. ConclusionsHealth is not the only relevant category when assessing QoL in cancer patients; social relationships and finances are pertinent as well. Importance ratings contribute to a better understanding of the relevance of the QoL dimensions for the patients.

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“…91 When compared with other cancer types, higher, lower and similar HRQoL scores were found depending on the comparison groups. [92][93][94][95] Most prevalent symptoms during chemotherapy in either curative or palliative setting were fatigue, lack of appetite and drowsiness. 96 Pain was prevalent in over half of patients with sarcoma.…”

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Unravelling the heterogeneity of soft tissue and bone sarcoma patients’ health-related quality of life: a systematic literature review with focus on tumour location

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Patients with sarcoma experience many physical and psychological symptoms, adversely affecting their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL assessment is challenging due to the diversity of the disease. This review aims to unravel the heterogeneity of HRQoL of patients with sarcoma with regard to tumour location and to summarise the used measures in research. English-language literature from four databases published between January 2000 and April 2019 was reviewed. Studies that described adult sarcoma HRQoL outcomes were included and classified according to primary sarcoma location. Eighty-seven articles met the inclusion criteria covering sarcoma of the extremities (n=35), pelvis and axial skeleton (n=9), pelvis and extremities (n=5), head and neck (n=4), retroperitoneum (n=2) and multiple sarcoma locations (n=33), respectively. Urogenital and thoracic sarcoma were lacking. Fifty-four different questionnaires were used, most often cancer-generic or generic HRQoL questionnaires. Patients with sarcoma reported lower HRQoL than the general population. Distinctive patterns of HRQoL outcomes according to tumour location regarding symptoms, physical functioning, disability and psychosocial well-being were identified. In metastatic sarcoma, mostly constitutional symptoms were present. To comprehensively assess HRQoL, a sarcoma-specific measurement strategy should be developed and used covering the heterogeneity of sarcoma including location-specific issues to improve personalised HRQoL assessment in future research and clinical practice.

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Life satisfaction in young adults with cancer and the role of sociodemographic, medical, and psychosocial factors: Results of a longitudinal study

Abstract: Of all the variables examined, social support was found to be the most decisive factor associated with LS at both time points. With regard to LS, social support and adjustment to illness should be given more consideration in the medical care of AYA patients with cancer.

Cited by 25 publications

References 33 publications

Can mHealth interventions improve quality of life of cancer patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Can mHealth interventions improve quality of life of cancer patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Quality of Life in Urologic Cancer Patients: Importance of and Satisfaction With Specific Quality of Life Domains

Unravelling the heterogeneity of soft tissue and bone sarcoma patients’ health-related quality of life: a systematic literature review with focus on tumour location

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