Symptoms and their implications on quality of life and psychological distress in sarcoma patients.
Adolescent
Adult
Cancer Pain
/ diagnosis
Cancer Survivors
/ psychology
Chemoradiotherapy
/ adverse effects
Fatigue
/ diagnosis
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoadjuvant Therapy
/ adverse effects
Psychological Distress
Quality of Life
Sarcoma
/ complications
Surveys and Questionnaires
/ statistics & numerical data
Survivorship
Young Adult
psychological distress
quality of life
sarcoma
symptoms
Journal
Future oncology (London, England)
ISSN: 1744-8301
Titre abrégé: Future Oncol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101256629
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
30
1
2021
medline:
2
10
2021
entrez:
29
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms, their variation over time and their relationship with quality of life (QoL)/psychological distress in sarcoma patients, as few data regarding QoL and psychological distress in this set of patients are currently available. A total of 188 sarcoma patients from an Italian referral center were involved. Symptoms and financial difficulties were evaluated with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire from the first treatment and over the follow-up period, up to 6 years. The authors found that patients with sarcoma experience several symptoms, especially fatigue and pain, which may dramatically worsen QoL and psychological distress. In conclusion, patients with sarcoma often experience fatigue, pain and financial difficulties, which negatively impacts QoL and psychological distress. To ameliorate overall QoL, proper control of symptoms is necessary.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33508959
doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0572
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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