Health-related quality of life three years after diagnosis of head and neck cancer?A longitudinal study

Hammerlid, Eva; Silander, Eva; Hörnestam, Lena; Sullivan, Marianne

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“…Since these two assessments are in the proximity of the onset of the cancer, it is likely that a decrease in QoL in these phases is directly related to the consequence of cancer and the side effects of the treatments, while in the long time (12 months after the diagnosis) the negative effects are generally alleviated by beneficial consequences of treatments and intervention [50][51][52]. Deterioration was calculated by subtracting the value reported at the premorbid measurement from the lowest value of the corresponding variable.…”

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A prospective study on educational level and adaptation to cancer, within one year after the diagnosis, in an older population

Barbareschi¹,

Sanderman²,

Tuinstra³

et al. 2007

Psycho-Oncology

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Socio‐economic status (SES) has often been associated with health disparities and mortality in cancer patients, yet systematic research into the role of SES in the course of the disease is lacking. This prospective study intends to examine the role of SES (i.e. educational level in this study) in psychological and physical adaptation to cancer. Ninety‐nine cancer patients were followed from a community‐based survey. Pre‐ and post‐morbid data on patients' quality of life (QoL) were available. Adaptation was defined by looking at the level and pattern of scores on QoL scales from pre‐ to post‐disease assessments. Results show some non‐significant trends that more high‐educated patients managed to adapt completely to cancer in relation to role and physical functioning when compared with low‐educated participants. Furthermore, the greater part of high‐educated patients who completely adapted in physical functioning achieved this result more rapidly without an initial deterioration. Unexpectedly, these differences were not significant when tested in a regression model. Hence, although there are some indications for differences in adaptation to role and physical functioning between educational groups, we did not find any evidence that proved such a relation. For the group as a whole, it is very interesting to see that based on our operationalization of adaptation, only a small percentage of patients deteriorated from pre‐ to post‐disease assessments. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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A prospective study on educational level and adaptation to cancer, within one year after the diagnosis, in an older population

Barbareschi¹,

Sanderman²,

Tuinstra³

et al. 2007

Psycho-Oncology

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“…The EORTC QLQ-H&N35 is widely used to measure quality of life in H&N cancer patients (Singer et al, 2013). Both prospective and cross-sectional studies (Bjordal et al, 2001;Hammerlid et al, 2001aHammerlid et al, , 2001bHammerlid et al, , 2001cNguyen et al, 2002;Talmi et al, 2002;Shepherd and Fisher, 2004) have documented reductions in HRQOL in populations of H&N cancer patients who have received RT. Several studies have also examined changes in HRQOL during the treatment period (Bjordal et al, 2001;Henson et al, 2001; Airolldi et al, 2004;Parliament et al, 2004;Jabbari et al, 2005; Braam et al, 2007; Curran et al, 2007; Ackerstaff et al, 2009; Ackerstaff et al, 2012;Maguire et al, 2011;Maurer et al, 2011;Nutting et al, 2011).…”

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Changes in health related quality of life in women and men undergoing radiation treatment for head and neck cancer and the impact of smoking status in the radiation treatment period

Egestad

Emaus

2014

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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Abstract:Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in women and men undergoing radiation treatment for head and neck cancer through the intervention period and examine if age, body mass index (BMI) and smoking status at baseline may modify changes in HRQOL. Results Most aspects of HRQOL declined substantially and significantly (p<0.001) with a magnitude of more than one standard deviation during the radiation treatment period irrespective of sex and age. Smoking status at baseline had some, albeit minor, influence on changes in HRQOL. Patients who continued smoking during therapy had significantly higher decline in several aspects of HRQOL, compared to patients who stopped smoking.Conclusions HRQOL decline with substantial magnitude in patients undergoing radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, but smoking cessation may modify the declining quality of life. IntroductionTreatments of head and neck (H&N) cancer include surgery, radiotherapy (RT), chemotherapy, target therapy or a combination of these modalities. The diagnosis and the following treatment may exert a severe impact on patient's quality of life (QOL) (So et al., 2012). The malignancy affects the most visible area of the body, and may influence the most fundamental activities of daily life in a negative way, such as speech, breathing, eating and drinking (Larsson and Hedelin, 2003;Wells 1998). H&N cancer patients' illness often involves physical symptoms, psychological distress, as well as side effects from RT (Archer et al., 2008). The treatment can result in dry mouth (xerostomia), oral discomfort, mucositis, recurrent microbial infections, difficulty in chewing and swallowing, increased incidence of dental caries, impaired taste, and an inability to wear dentures (Parsons et al., 1994). In addition, depression is reported to increase in H&N cancer patients undergoing RT (Neilson et al., 2010;Kelly et al., 2007).The interest in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) (i.e. the physical, mental, and social functioning and well-being) in H&N cancer patients has increased over the two decades (So et al., 2012). Even if the most important outcome for cancer patients is overall survival, the disease and its treatment often have a major impact on HRQOL and functional status (List et al., 2002). Reliable and valid HRQOL questionnaires are available (Aaronson et al., 1993; Bjordal et al., 2000;Ringash and Bezjak, 2001). The EORTC QLQ-H&N35 is widely used to measure quality of life in H&N cancer patients (Singer et al., 2013). Both prospective and cross-sectional studies (Bjordal et al., 2001;Hammerlid et al., 2001aHammerlid et al., , 2001bHammerlid et al., , 2001cNguyen et al., 2002;Talmi et al., 2002;Shepherd and Fisher, 2004) have documented reductions in HRQOL in populations of H&N cancer patients who have received RT. Several studies have also examined changes in HRQOL during the treatment period (Bjordal et al., 2001;Henson et al., 2001; Airolldi et al., 2004;Parliament et al., 2004;Jabbari et al., 2...

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“…19 In our study we found that frequency of MDD was 40% which was consistent with previous studies. 1,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] In comparison to normal population, higher rates of depression was found in this study because patients were chosen from oncology outpatient department of tertiary care hospital which is the highest source of patients with oral cancer. Among 28 patients of MDD, 19 patients (48.72%) were from advanced stage of cancer and 20 patients (71.42%) were labourer.…”

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“…2 The incidence of depression in HNC patients ranges between 15% and 50%. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Important issue in HNC is depression: major depressive disorder (MDD) has been reported in up to 40% of patients with HNC, typically within the first 3 months of diagnosis. 12 The incidence of HNC is relatively low in developed countries and highest in South East Asia.…”

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A study of major depressive disorder and quality of life in patients with oral cancer

Kantak

Vala

Panchal

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Health-related quality of life three years after diagnosis of head and neck cancer?A longitudinal study

Cited by 325 publications

References 31 publications

A prospective study on educational level and adaptation to cancer, within one year after the diagnosis, in an older population

A prospective study on educational level and adaptation to cancer, within one year after the diagnosis, in an older population

Changes in health related quality of life in women and men undergoing radiation treatment for head and neck cancer and the impact of smoking status in the radiation treatment period

A study of major depressive disorder and quality of life in patients with oral cancer

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