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Health-related quality of life in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Zenodo, 2018.
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Abstract
- Purpose: Today, survival rates for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients exceed 80%. However, cancer and treatment leave many patients suffering from chronic conditions. These late effects may impair their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We aimed to (1) compare HRQoL of AYA cancer survivors with the Swiss general population and (2) investigate socio-demographic and cancer-related characteristics associated with poor HRQoL. Methods: AYA cancer survivors (age 16–25 at diagnosis; ≥5 years survival) who had been identified through the Cancer Registry Zurich and Zug, Switzerland, filled out a questionnaire. We assessed HRQoL using the Short-Form 12 (SF-12), producing two scores: Physical Component Summary score (PCS, physical health) and Mental Component Summary score (MCS, mental health). We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to investigate associated characteristics. Results: We compared 155 survivors with 350 controls. Survivors had significantly lower physical health than controls (mean = 52.5 vs. mean = 54.7, p&thinsp
- Subjects :
- SF-12
Young adult
Adolescent
Health-related quality of life
Survivor
humanities
Cancer
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......3892..a1e45817648a6fbbc6cb0b2f22e7da9a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2385490