Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Program
Cancer survivors have reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and high levels of distress during and after active treatment, due to physical, psychological, and social problems. Understanding the prevalence and associations of HRQOL and distress in a patient population in the community is imp...
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| description | Cancer survivors have reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and high levels of distress during and after active treatment, due to physical, psychological, and social problems. Understanding the prevalence and associations of HRQOL and distress in a patient population in the community is important when designing rehabilitation programs. This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted at a community-based cancer rehabilitation center, with the aim of investigating the prevalence and associations of HRQOL and distress in cancer patients. There were 304 patients who were recruited. We found low levels of HRQOL and high levels of distress in patients, with a mean FACT-G7 total score of 11.68, and a mean distress thermometer score of 3.51. In the multivariate regression model, significant factors for low HRQOL were metastatic disease (<i>p</i> = 0.025) and Malay ethnicity (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Regression analyses also found that significant distress was associated with family health issues (<i>p</i> = 0.003), depression (<i>p</i> = 0.001), worry (<i>p</i> = 0.005), breathing (<i>p</i> = 0.007), getting around (<i>p</i> = 0.012) and indigestion (<i>p</i> = 0.039). A high prevalence of impaired HRQOL and distress was reported in cancer survivors even in a community rehabilitation setting. The physical and psychosocial well-being of cancer survivors should be monitored and managed as part of community-based cancer rehabilitation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-919df1b9518d4491a5c8549c7aec4d852023-11-23T23:39:58ZengMDPI AGCurrent Oncology1198-00521718-77292022-09-0129107012702010.3390/curroncol29100551Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation ProgramMatthew Rong Jie Tay0Chin Jung Wong1Hui Zhen Aw2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, SingaporeDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, SingaporeSingapore Cancer Society Rehabilitation Center, 52 Jurong Gateway Rd, Singapore 608550, SingaporeCancer survivors have reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and high levels of distress during and after active treatment, due to physical, psychological, and social problems. Understanding the prevalence and associations of HRQOL and distress in a patient population in the community is important when designing rehabilitation programs. This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted at a community-based cancer rehabilitation center, with the aim of investigating the prevalence and associations of HRQOL and distress in cancer patients. There were 304 patients who were recruited. We found low levels of HRQOL and high levels of distress in patients, with a mean FACT-G7 total score of 11.68, and a mean distress thermometer score of 3.51. In the multivariate regression model, significant factors for low HRQOL were metastatic disease (<i>p</i> = 0.025) and Malay ethnicity (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Regression analyses also found that significant distress was associated with family health issues (<i>p</i> = 0.003), depression (<i>p</i> = 0.001), worry (<i>p</i> = 0.005), breathing (<i>p</i> = 0.007), getting around (<i>p</i> = 0.012) and indigestion (<i>p</i> = 0.039). A high prevalence of impaired HRQOL and distress was reported in cancer survivors even in a community rehabilitation setting. The physical and psychosocial well-being of cancer survivors should be monitored and managed as part of community-based cancer rehabilitation.https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/29/10/551health-related quality of lifequality of lifepatient-centered outcomespatient-reported outcomesdistressoncology |
| spellingShingle | Matthew Rong Jie Tay Chin Jung Wong Hui Zhen Aw Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Program Current Oncology health-related quality of life quality of life patient-centered outcomes patient-reported outcomes distress oncology |
| title | Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Program |
| title_full | Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Program |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Program |
| title_short | Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Distress in an Asian Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Program |
| title_sort | assessment of health related quality of life and distress in an asian community based cancer rehabilitation program |
| topic | health-related quality of life quality of life patient-centered outcomes patient-reported outcomes distress oncology |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/29/10/551 |
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