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The perceived impact of cancer on quality of life for post-treatment survivors of childhood cancer

verfasst von: Brad J. Zebrack, Wendy Landier

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 10/2011

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Abstract

Purpose

To examine whether childhood cancer survivors’ perceptions of the impact of cancer are related to quality of life (QOL) and psychological distress.

Methods

621 survivors (aged 18–39 years) completed a mailed survey assessing distress and QOL. Hierarchical linear regression models analyzed the independent effects of perceived impacts of cancer on distress and QOL and the extent to which positive and negative perceptions attenuated the effects of covariates on outcomes.

Results

After accounting for perceptions of cancer’s impact on their lives, employment/occupation status, marital/relationship status, and health problems were observed to be significant predictors of QOL and distress. Psychological distress and the mental health component of QOL appeared to be less influenced by sociodemographic status and health problems and more a function of how survivors perceive cancer as impacting their lives.

Conclusions

Results suggest that distress and QOL are partially a function of survivors’ perceptions of how cancer has affected them and continues to affect them in both positive and negative ways. Future research is needed to examine combinations of pharmacological, psychological and/or social interventions that are likely to result in better outcomes in this population.

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Titel: The perceived impact of cancer on quality of life for post-treatment survivors of childhood cancer
verfasst von: Brad J. Zebrack
Wendy Landier
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2011
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 10/2011
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-011-9893-8

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