Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings
ObjectivesQuality of life (QoL) has been the focus of increasing interest in oncology. QoL assessment instruments implicitly assume that each QoL domain has the same meaning for each patient. The objective of this study was to analyze the importance of and the satisfaction with QoL domains and to an...
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| description | ObjectivesQuality of life (QoL) has been the focus of increasing interest in oncology. QoL assessment instruments implicitly assume that each QoL domain has the same meaning for each patient. The objective of this study was to analyze the importance of and the satisfaction with QoL domains and to analyze the relationship between the two.MethodsA sample of 308 breast cancer survivors was examined twice with a three-month time interval. The women completed the two QoL questionnaires Questions of Life Satisfaction (FLZ-M), which measures participants' satisfaction with eight QoL domains and the subjective importance of those domains to them, and the EORTC QLQ-C30. A sample of 1,143 women from the general population served as controls.ResultsCompared with the general population sample, the patients were less satisfied with their health and more satisfied with all other QoL domains. The subjective importance of health was lower in the patients' sample (Effect size: d = 0.38). Satisfaction with health and importance of health were slightly positively correlated (r between 0.05 and 0.08). The effect of QoL domain importance on general QoL was small (beta between −0.05 and 0.11), and interaction effects between domain importance and satisfaction on the prediction of global QoL were negligible.ConclusionIn addition to satisfaction with QoL dimensions, the subjective importance of these dimensions is relevant for psychooncological research and treatment. Health is not the only relevant QoL domain in breast cancer survivors, other domains such as finances also deserve health care providers' attention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f422ee3cafc34a729382beacee56a2f82022-12-22T03:31:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-06-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.923537923537Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction RatingsAndreas Hinz0Markus Zenger1Markus Zenger2Bjarne Schmalbach3Elmar Brähler4Elmar Brähler5Dirk Hofmeister6Katja Petrowski7Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Stendal, GermanyIntegrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Mainz, Mainz, GermanyDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz, Mainz, GermanyDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Mainz, Mainz, GermanyObjectivesQuality of life (QoL) has been the focus of increasing interest in oncology. QoL assessment instruments implicitly assume that each QoL domain has the same meaning for each patient. The objective of this study was to analyze the importance of and the satisfaction with QoL domains and to analyze the relationship between the two.MethodsA sample of 308 breast cancer survivors was examined twice with a three-month time interval. The women completed the two QoL questionnaires Questions of Life Satisfaction (FLZ-M), which measures participants' satisfaction with eight QoL domains and the subjective importance of those domains to them, and the EORTC QLQ-C30. A sample of 1,143 women from the general population served as controls.ResultsCompared with the general population sample, the patients were less satisfied with their health and more satisfied with all other QoL domains. The subjective importance of health was lower in the patients' sample (Effect size: d = 0.38). Satisfaction with health and importance of health were slightly positively correlated (r between 0.05 and 0.08). The effect of QoL domain importance on general QoL was small (beta between −0.05 and 0.11), and interaction effects between domain importance and satisfaction on the prediction of global QoL were negligible.ConclusionIn addition to satisfaction with QoL dimensions, the subjective importance of these dimensions is relevant for psychooncological research and treatment. Health is not the only relevant QoL domain in breast cancer survivors, other domains such as finances also deserve health care providers' attention.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923537/fullquality of lifesatisfactionimportancebreast cancerpsycho-oncology |
| spellingShingle | Andreas Hinz Markus Zenger Markus Zenger Bjarne Schmalbach Elmar Brähler Elmar Brähler Dirk Hofmeister Katja Petrowski Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings Frontiers in Psychology quality of life satisfaction importance breast cancer psycho-oncology |
| title | Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings |
| title_full | Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings |
| title_fullStr | Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings |
| title_short | Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings |
| title_sort | quality of life domains in breast cancer survivors the relationship between importance and satisfaction ratings |
| topic | quality of life satisfaction importance breast cancer psycho-oncology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923537/full |
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