The impact of cancer and quality of life for post‐treatment non‐Hodgkin lymphoma survivors

Abstract

Objective-Recent work suggests that perceptions of the impact of cancer on survivors' lives are associated with physical and mental health and quality of life (QOL) outcomes. This study examines the association between the Impact of Cancer version 2 scales (IOCv2) and these outcomes in a large sample of survivors of adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).Methods-Participants completed a mailed survey to assess physical and mental health (SF-36), cancer-specific quality of life (FACT-G) and perceived impact of cancer (IOCv2). Hierarchical multiple regression models, in which demographic, clinical, psychosocial and IOCv2 measures were added sequentially, were employed to evaluate their contribution to explaining variance in SF-36 and FACT-G scores.

Gender, race, BMI, and social support in relation to the health-related quality of life of cancer survivors: a report from the American Cancer Society’s Study of Cancer Survivors II (SCS-II)

“…Moreover, because another study using the same dataset found this relationship to be significant among colorectal cancer survivors [26], additional analyses on specific genders and races of colorectal cancer survivors are warranted. With regard to social support, this study supports evidence from previous research that higher social support is associated with higher mental HRQoL [22,[37][38][39] and suggests that this association is not unique to either gender.…”

“…Correlates of poorer physical and mental HRQoL among survivors include lack of a partner [15], low socioeconomic status (SES) [15][16][17][18], advanced cancer stage [19,20], invasive or systemic treatments [20,21], shorter time since diagnosis [18], and increased frequency of comorbidities and symptoms [15,[20][21][22]. Age affects each domain of HRQoL differently, with older age negatively correlating with physical HRQoL [18] and younger age negatively correlating with mental HRQoL [15].…”

Long-term quality of life profile in oncology: a comparison between cancer survivors and the general population

“…However, it should be mentioned as other studies (for example [18]) showed that education was not associated with QoL. Finally, as already described elsewhere [1,12,15,17,18,23,24], those who reported having other health problems showed a worse quality of life in all domains considered (except in Mental health, in the present study).…”

A high level of fatigue among long-term survivors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: results from the longitudinal population-based PROFILES registry in the south of the Netherlands

“…[8][9][10][11][12] In the last decades, more attention is being paid to HRQOL after cancer diagnosis. Some studies have investigated HRQOL and fatigue in NHL survivors, [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] but almost all used a cross-sectional approach (only one measurement at a defined time). 13,[17][18][19][20][21] However, the longitudinal course of fatigue and HRQOL in patients with NHL and their return to normal life remains largely unknown.…”

“…Some studies have investigated HRQOL and fatigue in NHL survivors, [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] but almost all used a cross-sectional approach (only one measurement at a defined time). 13,[17][18][19][20][21] However, the longitudinal course of fatigue and HRQOL in patients with NHL and their return to normal life remains largely unknown. The aims of the present study were, therefore, to: (i) assess fatigue and HRQOL twice following primary treatment, (ii) compare fatigue and HRQOL with an age-and sex matched normative population to assess the severity of the concerns, and (iii) identify associations with fatigue in survivors who remained fatigued.…”