Routine Monitoring of Quality of Life for Patients with Breast Cancer: An Acceptability and Field Test

Fischer, Maarten J.; Krol-Warmerdam, E.M.M.; Ranke, G.; Zegers, Mathieu H W; Averink, R.A.; Scholten, Astrid N.; Kaptein, Adrian A.; Nortier, Hans

doi:10.1080/07347332.2011.644398

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“…Empowering patients translates into illness perceptions that reflect a greater sense of control (self-efficacy), which has shown to affect favorably in other patient categories (Efficace, Innominato, & Bjarnason, 2006;Perwitasari et al, 2011). These interventions deserve further testing in patients with breast cancer (Cameron et al, 2007;Efficace et al, 2006;Fischer et al, 2012;Rozema et al, 2009). …”

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“…Patient-reported outcome assessment is the topic of many articles in this Journal (e.g., Fischer et al, 2012), illustrating the importance of such outcomes for research and clinical care objectives. Quality of life (QOL) is one aspect of patient-reported outcome (Bottomley, & Therasse, 2002;Bottomley et al, 2005), and an astonishing number of publications on this concept have been published about patients with breast cancer.…”

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Illness Perceptions and Quality of Life in Japanese and Dutch Women with Breast Cancer

Kaptein

Yamaoka

Snoei

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Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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Knowledge on cross-cultural quality of life (QOL) and illness perceptions may help women with breast cancer cope more effectively. The self regulation model (SRM) guided the current exploratory longitudinal pilot-study. Central to SRM is the perception of health threats and their effects on QOL. Illness perceptions and QOL were assessed in 22 Dutch and 21 Japanese patients with breast cancer who filled out questionnaires before, 1 week, and 8 weeks after the first chemotherapy course. The questionnaires assessed QOL and illness perceptions. Patients' scores were compared with groups of patients with other chronic somatic illnesses (asthma, diabetes). Patients in both samples reported major impact of chemotherapy on global health status, physical functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning, constipation and diarrhea. Differences between Japanese and Dutch patients were limited to social functioning and financial problems. Japanese patients expressed stronger concerns about their illness than Dutch patients. Results of the Japanese and Dutch patients with breast cancer differed from data in patients with asthma on consequences, timeline, concern and emotional response. Results of Japanese patients differed from patients with type 2 diabetes on timeline and concern, whereas Dutch patients differed on timeline and consequences. Japanese and Dutch breast cancer patients have-overall-similar illness perceptions and QOL responses and are aware of the typical characteristics of their disease. The results support the feasibility of cross-cultural psychosocial research in oncology and offer implications for clinical interventions which impact on self-efficacy to empower patients with breast cancer.

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Illness Perceptions and Quality of Life in Japanese and Dutch Women with Breast Cancer

Kaptein

Yamaoka

Snoei

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Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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“…Ayako Matsuda 1 *, Yosuke Yamada 2 , Noriko Ishizuka 3 , Eisuke Matsushima 3 , Kunihiko Kobayashi 4 , Takayoshi Ohkubo 1 , Kazue Yamaoka 5 et al, 2000;Detmar et al, 2002;Gilbody et al, 2002;Velikova et al, 2004;Greenhalgh et al, 2005;Boyes et al, 2006;Valderas et al, 2008;Fischer et al, 2012). However, these effects have not been clarified among patients with cancer who are receiving palliative care.…”

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Effectiveness of a Self-Monitoring Quality of Life Intervention For Patients with Cancer Receiving Palliative Care: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Matsuda

Yamada

Ishizuka

et al. 2019

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Background: Use of patient-reported outcome measures in routine clinical practice has important benefits for patients with cancer. To examine the effect of a self-monitoring quality of life (QOL) intervention on global QOL and physical and emotional function in patients with cancer receiving palliative care. Methods: Prospective randomized study had been undertaken at Toshima Hospital, Japan. This study compared an intervention group that completed the shortened Care Notebook booklet versus a control group that received usual care. The primary outcome was global QOL and secondary outcomes were physical and emotional function. Participants completed the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 15 Palliative at baseline, and at 1 and 3 weeks. The effects of the intervention were evaluated with a linear mixed-effects model. Results: Forty-three patients were randomized. One patient in each group could not receive the allocated intervention, leaving 41 patients for inclusion in the modified intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis for the primary outcome. Twenty-seven patients were analyzed for the secondary outcomes using per protocol set (PPS). The ITT analysis showed no significant overall effect on global QOL (P=0.285), but the PPS analysis showed a significant overall effect on global QOL (P=0.034) and physical function (P=0.047) for group difference over time in the linear mixed-effects model. Conclusions: Use of the Care Notebook might have beneficial effects. The results could be interpreted as the effectiveness of the intervention of the Care Notebook for with cancer receiving palliative care.

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“…This monitor consists of a general and breast cancer specific questionnaire that assesses QoL, distress and care needs during and after treatment. We have shown in previous studies that patients and HCPs generally had a positive attitude towards using the monitor [ 22 ]. The purpose of this randomized study was to investigate the beneficial effects of the QoL-monitor on aspects of communication, medical care and patient outcomes in patients with early breast cancer in the Netherlands and Japan who were treated with adjuvant or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.…”

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Using a quality of life (QoL)-monitor: preliminary results of a randomized trial in Dutch patients with early breast cancer

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Purpose The diagnosis and treatment of cancer negatively affect patients’ physical, functional and psychological wellbeing. Patients’ needs for care cannot be addressed unless they are recognized by healthcare providers (HCPs). The use of quality of life (QoL) assessments with feedback to HCPs might facilitate the identification and discussion of QoL-topics. Methods 113 patients with stage I–IIIB breast cancer treated with chemotherapy were included in this randomized controlled trial. Patients were randomly allocated to receive either usual care, or usual care with an intervention consisting of a QoL-monitor assessing QoL, distress and care needs before every chemotherapy cycle visit. Patients completed questionnaires regarding QoL, illness perceptions, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with communication. From the 2nd visit onwards, patients in the intervention arm and their HCPs received a copy of the QoL overview and results were shown in patients’ medical files. Audio-recordings and patients’ self-reports were used to investigate effects on communication, patient management and patient-wellbeing. A composite score for communication was calculated by summing the number of QoL-topics discussed during each consultation. Results Use of the QoL-monitor resulted in a higher communication score (0.7 topics increase per visit, p = 0.04), especially regarding the disease-specific and psychosocial issues (p < 0.01). There were no differences in patient management, QoL, illness perceptions or distress. Patients in the experimental arm (n = 60) had higher scores on satisfaction with communication (p < 0.05). Conclusions Use of a QoL-monitor during chemotherapy in patients with early breast cancer might result in a more frequent discussion of QoL-topics, associated with high levels of patients’ satisfaction.

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Routine Monitoring of Quality of Life for Patients with Breast Cancer: An Acceptability and Field Test

Cited by 11 publications

References 43 publications

Illness Perceptions and Quality of Life in Japanese and Dutch Women with Breast Cancer

Illness Perceptions and Quality of Life in Japanese and Dutch Women with Breast Cancer

Effectiveness of a Self-Monitoring Quality of Life Intervention For Patients with Cancer Receiving Palliative Care: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Using a quality of life (QoL)-monitor: preliminary results of a randomized trial in Dutch patients with early breast cancer

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