1. Daily functioning in glioma survivors: associations with cognitive function, psychological factors and quality of life
- Author
-
Van Dyk, Kathleen, Wall, Lucy, Heimberg, Brandon F, Choi, Justin, Raymond, Catalina, Wang, Chencai, Lai, Albert, Cloughesy, Timothy F, Ellingson, Benjamin M, and Nghiemphu, Phioanh
- Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Rare Diseases ,Mental Illness ,Depression ,Brain Cancer ,Mind and Body ,Cancer ,Brain Disorders ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Mental Health ,Neurosciences ,Neurodegenerative ,Management of diseases and conditions ,7.1 Individual care needs ,Mental health ,Good Health and Well Being ,Cognition ,Cognition Disorders ,Glioma ,Humans ,Quality of Life ,Survivors ,cancer ,daily functioning ,employment ,function ,glioma ,quality of life ,survivorship ,Oncology and carcinogenesis - Abstract
Aim: Understanding and supporting quality of life (QoL) and daily functioning in glioma patients is a clinical imperative. In this study, we examined the relationship between cognition, psychological factors, measures of health-related QoL and functioning in glioma survivors. Materials & methods: We examined neuropsychological, self-reported cognition, mood and QoL correlates of work and non-work-related daily functioning in 23 glioma survivors, and carried out linear models of the best predictors. Results & conclusion: A total of 13/23 participants were working at the time of enrollment. The best model for worse work-related functioning (R2 = .83) included worse self-reported cognitive function, depression, loneliness and brain tumor symptoms. The best model for worse non-work-related functioning (R2 = .61) included worse self-reported cognitive functioning, anxiety, sleep disturbance and physical functioning. Neuropsychological variables were not among the most highly correlated with function. Worse cognitive, particularly self-reported and psychosocial outcomes may compromise optimal functioning in glioma survivors.
- Published
- 2022