Psychological distress prior to surgery is related to symptom burden and health status in lung cancer survivors.
Support Care Cancer
; 30(2): 1579-1586, 2022 Feb.
Article
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| ID: mdl-34541609
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Patients with lung cancer experience a variety of distressing symptoms which could adversely affect quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine whether psychological distress prior to surgery is associated to health status and symptom burden in lung cancer survivors.METHODS:
A longitudinal observational study with 1-year follow-up was carried out. Health status was measured by the WHO Disability Assessment Scale (WHO-DAS 2.0), the Euroqol-5 dimensions (EQ-5D) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Symptoms severity included dyspnoea (Multidimensional Profile of Dyspnoea); pain (Brief Pain Inventory); fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale); and cough (Leicester Cough Questionnaire).RESULTS:
One hundred seventy-four lung cancer patients were included. Patients in the group with psychological distress presented a worse self-perceived health status, functionality and sleep quality. The group with psychological distress also presented higher dyspnoea, fatigue and pain.CONCLUSION:
Patients with psychological distress prior surgery present with a greater symptom burden and a poorer self-perceived health status, lower functionality and sleep quality, than patients without distress 1 year after the lung resection.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cancer Survivors
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Psychological Distress
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Support Care Cancer
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain