Health‐related quality of life and care satisfaction outcomes: Informing psychosocial oncology care among Latina and African‐American young breast cancer survivors

Ashing, Kimlin Tam; George, Marshalee; Jones, Veronica

doi:10.1002/pon.4650

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“…The difference between quality of life values between the current sample of Black women and the previously published sample of women currently receiving treatment exceeded the cutoff for minimal clinically important differences for overall quality of life, BC‐specific quality of life, physical well‐being, functional well‐being, and social well‐being. These data are in line with previous research demonstrating that minority cancer patients report lower quality of life than White, non‐Hispanic cancer patients …”

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“…These data are in line with previous research demonstrating that minority cancer patients report lower quality of life than White, non-Hispanic cancer patients. 42 – 44…”

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“…These results are in line with previous studies indicating that receipt of GC/GT has limited impact on quality of life. 45 Given the previous research demonstrating that minority cancer patients report lower quality of life than White, non-Hispanic cancer patients, 42 – 44 the limited impact of GC/GT results on quality of life underscores the urgent need for interventions to improve quality of life among Black cancer survivors.…”

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“…HPs reported feeling helpless in communicating with and educating SA EM patients. Ashing, George and Jones () have found that poor communication leads to limited health literacy and low health‐related quality of life among EM populations. In the United States, communication gaps between providers and EM patients have been found to lead to increased health disparities among minorities (Ajine, ).…”

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Challenges of healthcare professionals in providing care to South Asian ethnic minority patients in Hong Kong: A qualitative study

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Ethnic minorities across the globe encounter disparities in healthcare. While a great deal of research has been conducted on the experiences of these patients, studies focusing on the perspectives of healthcare professionals are limited, particularly in the context of Asia. This study explores the perceptions of and challenges faced by Hong Kong healthcare professionals in the provision of culturally appropriate care to South Asian ethnic minority patients. Taking a qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with 22 healthcare professionals. Two main themes were identified: ‘lack of support’ at the healthcare system level and ‘dysfunctional relationship with South Asian ethnic minority patients’ at the interpersonal level. Challenges at the healthcare system level include information outreach, cultural competency, utilisation of available resources and time and workload, whereas challenges at the interpersonal level include patient–provider interaction, patient–provider perceptions of illness and care and patient–provider sociocultural discordance. Intercultural care was found to be influenced by both the healthcare system and interpersonal characteristics. The study highlights the need for healthcare professional education and training in cultural competency, in order to improve the provision of intercultural care. Identifying the challenges faced by healthcare professionals and the implications of these challenges for the provision of healthcare to South Asian ethnic minority patients will help practitioners, policy makers and care provider agencies to improve quality of care and health outcomes for culturally diverse patients.

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“…For example, falls may be a mechanism that links age to HRQoL [1]. In a study, AAs had better mental HRQoL than Hispanics, suggesting some resilience under adversity among AAs with chronic conditions such as cancer [31,32]. Still, most of the studies are on a particular sample with a chronic condition or disease [19,33].…”

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Health-Related Quality of Life of Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults: Age and Gender Differences

Assari

Smith

Bazargan

2019

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Background: The association between age and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is still under debate. While some research shows older age is associated with better HRQoL, other studies show no or negative association between age and HRQoL. In addition, while the association between age and HRQoL may depend on race, ethnicity, gender, and their intersections, most previous research on this link has been performed in predominantly White Middle Class. Objective: To explore gender differences in the association between age and mental and physical HRQoL in a sample of economically disadvantaged African American (AA) older adults. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in South Los Angeles between 2015 to 2018. A total number of 740 economically disadvantaged AA older adults (age ≥ 55 years) were enrolled in this study, using non-random sampling. This includes 266 AA men and 474 AA women. The independent variable of interest was age. Dependent variables of interest were physical component scores (PCS) and mental component scores (MCS), two main summary scores of the HRQoL, measured using Short Form-12 (SF-12). Gender was the moderator. Socioeconomic status (educational attainment and financial difficulty) were covariates. Linear regression models were used to analyze the data. Results: AA women reported worse PCS; however, gender did not impact MCS. In the pooled sample, high age was associated with better PCS and MCS. In the pooled sample, a significant interaction was found between gender and age on PCS, suggesting a stronger effect of age on PCS for AA men than AA women. In gender-stratified models, older age was associated with better PCS for AA men but not AA women. Older age was similarly and positively associated with better MCS for AA men and women. Conclusions: There may be some gender differences in the implications of ageing for the physical HRQoL of AA older adults. It is unclear how old age may have a boosting effect on physical HRQoL for AA men but not AA women. Future research should test gender differences in the effect of age on physical health indicators such as chronic disease as well as cognitive processes involved in the evaluation of own’s health in AA men and women.

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Health‐related quality of life and care satisfaction outcomes: Informing psychosocial oncology care among Latina and African‐American young breast cancer survivors

Cited by 32 publications

References 38 publications

Psychosocial impact ofBRCAtesting in young Black breast cancer survivors

Psychosocial impact ofBRCAtesting in young Black breast cancer survivors

Challenges of healthcare professionals in providing care to South Asian ethnic minority patients in Hong Kong: A qualitative study

Health-Related Quality of Life of Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults: Age and Gender Differences

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