Quality of life and psychological distress of patients with advanced cancer in the Philippines.

Advanced cancer Anxiety Cancer Depression Faith Filipino Philippines Physical symptom burden Psychological distress Quality of life Spirituality

Journal

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
ISSN: 1573-2649
Titre abrégé: Qual Life Res
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9210257

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Historique:
accepted: 02 03 2023
medline: 10 7 2023
pubmed: 24 3 2023
entrez: 23 3 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This study aimed to describe the quality of life (QOL) and psychological distress (anxiety and depression) of Filipino patients with advanced solid cancers and identify sociodemographic and clinical-related factors associated with them. 195 patients with advanced cancer were recruited from a major hospital treating cancer patients in the Philippines. Participants completed self-reported surveys on Quality-of-life (QOL-FACT-G) and psychological distress (HADS-D, HADS-A). Multi-variable OLS regression models were performed where sociodemographic, health history and clinical characteristics were included as predictors. The average total FACT-G score was 65.39/108 (Standard deviation (SD) = 13.76), with the physical well-being scale having the lowest scores (M = 14.14/28, SD = 5.92). The two most common symptoms reported were fatigue (88%) and pain (86.5%). Physical symptom burden was significantly negatively associated with QOL and psychological distress. The average HADS-total score was 14.46/21 (SD = 5.77), with 8% with probable anxiety and 27% with probable depression. Participants who reported greater reliance on their spiritual faith for strength in coping with illness reported lower depression scores. Our findings underline the importance of understanding the multi-dimensional outcomes of Filipino advanced cancer patients. Results may be used to improve QOL and reduce the psychological distress of advanced cancer patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36952074
doi: 10.1007/s11136-023-03389-y
pii: 10.1007/s11136-023-03389-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2271-2279

Subventions

Organisme : Lien Foundation
ID : LCPC- N-911-000-030-091

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Auteurs

Maria Fidelis Manalo (MF)

Supportive Oncology & Palliative Care, Augusto P. Sarmiento Cancer Institute, The Medical City, Pasig, Philippines. mcmanalo@themedicalcity.com.
Far Eastern University-Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Quezon City, Philippines. mcmanalo@themedicalcity.com.

Sean Ng (S)

Duke-NUS Medical School, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Singapore, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School, Programme for Health Services & Systems Research, Singapore, Singapore.

Semra Ozdemir (S)

Duke-NUS Medical School, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Singapore, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School, Programme for Health Services & Systems Research, Singapore, Singapore.

Chetna Malhotra (C)

Duke-NUS Medical School, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Singapore, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School, Programme for Health Services & Systems Research, Singapore, Singapore.

Eric A Finkelstein (EA)

Duke-NUS Medical School, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Singapore, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School, Programme for Health Services & Systems Research, Singapore, Singapore.

Kathryn-Daphne Ong (KD)

Department of Psychiatry, The Medical City, Pasig, Philippines.

Irene Teo (I)

Duke-NUS Medical School, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Singapore, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School, Programme for Health Services & Systems Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Department of Psychosocial Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

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