2013
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-013-9213-2
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Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depression in Soft Tissue Sarcomas as Compared to More Common Tumours: An Observational Study

Abstract: The aim of this study is to compare the quality of life and the levels of anxiety and depression in a relatively large group of subjects undergoing chemotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma and a control group of subjects undergoing chemotherapy for the most common types of cancer. 56 soft tissue sarcoma affected patients and 56 patients with common tumours, homogeneous in regards to stages of disease and sociodemographic characteristics, were enrolled in two oncological centres in Turin, Italy. Quality of life was… Show more

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“…Finally, a comparison between patients with STS and patients with more common tumours reported no statistically significant differences in HRQoL scores, although, the former did report lower levels of anxiety and higher levels of depression when compared with the latter …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Finally, a comparison between patients with STS and patients with more common tumours reported no statistically significant differences in HRQoL scores, although, the former did report lower levels of anxiety and higher levels of depression when compared with the latter …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A number of factors were associated with an increased risk of poor HRQoL outcomes. Females were reported to have lower global HRQoL scores, as well as lower physical and mental functioning across different sarcoma subtypes and tumour locations . Additionally, lower physical functioning was reported to be associated with receiving amputation, being older, and having a higher body mass index .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…2011; Ostacoli et al, 2014;Paredes et al, 2011;Paredes et al, 2012;), assim como a importância do suporte prestado pelos pro ssionais de saúde aos doentes com cancro, na promoção da sua autonomia (Milne et al, 2008). De realçar que, no presente estudo, os doentes não apresentaram níveis graves de ansiedade e de depressão, nos três momentos de avaliação, o que vai ao encontro dos resultados de outros estudos, em que a maioria dos doentes com sarcoma não experimentam problemas signi cativos no seu ajustamento emocional, existindo apenas uma pequena percentagem de doentes com níveis clinicamente signi cativos e graves de sintomatologia (Ostacoli et al, 2014;Paredes et al, 2012).…”
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“…De realçar que, no presente estudo, os doentes não apresentaram níveis graves de ansiedade e de depressão, nos três momentos de avaliação, o que vai ao encontro dos resultados de outros estudos, em que a maioria dos doentes com sarcoma não experimentam problemas signi cativos no seu ajustamento emocional, existindo apenas uma pequena percentagem de doentes com níveis clinicamente signi cativos e graves de sintomatologia (Ostacoli et al, 2014;Paredes et al, 2012). Em concordância com a análise de outros investigadores, parece-nos que os resultados do presente estudo mostram que, apesar do sofrimento vivenciado, os doentes conseguem lidar com a doença de forma adaptativa.…”
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