Health-related quality of life of Brazilian children and adolescents with benign and malignant solid tumours: A prospective cohort study during the first year after hospital admission.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)
; 28(5): e13102, 2019 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
This study aims to assess the impact of paediatric benign and malignant solid tumours and its treatment on the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents who were followed up in a Reference Center in Pediatric Oncology in Rio de Janeiro.METHODS:
It is a prospective cohort study. Quality of life assessment was performed using the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales and PedsQL™ 3.0 Cancer Module protocols three times during hospital admission (T1), 6 months after admission (T2) and 1 year after admission (T3).RESULTS:
We evaluated 132 patients, 59 men and 73 women, aged 2-17 years. In PedsQL™4.0, the Emotional Functioning scale was the one with the worst scores, while the scores on the Social Functioning scale was the best. In PedsQL™ 3.0, the worst domains were Procedural Anxiety and Worry. Patients with malignant bone tumours had the worst health-related quality of life. The group who received only surgery had better results. Total scores of PedsQL™4.0 and PedsQL™ 3.0 improved between T1 and T3.CONCLUSION:
Children and adolescents with malignant and benign neoplasms undergo changes in quality of life as a result of the disease and treatment, but an improvement has been observed over time.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Saúde Mental
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Participação Social
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article