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Patient-reported outcomes 1 year after oesophageal cancer surgery.
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Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) [Acta Oncol] 2020 Jun; Vol. 59 (6), pp. 613-619. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 20. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Purpose: To improve survivorship in patients who have undergone curatively intended treatment for oesophageal cancer, we aimed to identify key targets for future patient-reported outcomes research. Methods: This nationwide Swedish prospective cohort study enrolled patients between 2014 and 2019 who had undergone surgical resection for oesophageal cancer 1 year earlier. Eight well-validated patient-reported outcome measures, including health-related quality of life, psychological status and sleep, were presented as proportions and mean scores (MS) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: Among 281 participants, approximately half of the patients reported problems associated with food intake such as eating restrictions (49%) and food aversion (47%). Other common problems were sleep (51%), fatigue (41%) and anxiety (36%). Fewer patients suffered from financial difficulties (9%), trouble swallowing saliva (4%) and hair loss (7%). However, these problems were perceived as highly burdensome on an individual level. Conclusions: This nationwide, population-based study indicates that symptom burden is high in oesophageal cancer survivors 1 year after surgery. The most common problems are associated with food intake, sleep, fatigue and anxiety. However, less frequent symptoms were sometimes more debilitating for the individual patient.
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Alopecia epidemiology
Anxiety epidemiology
Confidence Intervals
Deglutition Disorders epidemiology
Eating
Economics
Esophageal Neoplasms psychology
Family
Fatigue epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Food
Humans
Male
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life
Saliva
Sleep Wake Disorders epidemiology
Survivorship
Sweden epidemiology
Time Factors
Esophageal Neoplasms surgery
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Postoperative Complications epidemiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1651-226X
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32193960
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2020.1741677