Does age matter? A comparison of health-related quality of life issues of adolescents and young adults with cancer.
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Date
2018-11-01ICR Author
Author
Sodergren, SC
Husson, O
Rohde, GE
Tomaszewska, IM
Griffiths, H
Pessing, A
Yarom, N
Hooker, L
Din, A
Darlington, AS
EORTC Quality of Life Group,
Type
Journal Article
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OBJECTIVE: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) concerns of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) aged 14-25 years were compared with those of older adults (26-60 years) with cancer. METHODS: AYAs and older adults receiving curative intent treatment or supportive palliative care for cancer were recruited from eight research centres across Europe. Participants used a rating scale to score the relevance and importance of a list of 77 issues covering 10 areas of HRQoL concern: symptoms; activity restrictions; social; emotional; body image; self-appraisals; outlook on life; lifestyle; treatment-related and life beyond treatment. RESULTS: HRQoL issues were reviewed by 33 AYAs and 25 older adults. Several issues were recognised as relevant and important across all age groups: symptoms, emotional impact, outlook on life, lifestyle and treatment-related. A number of issues were more relevant or important to AYAs including interrupted education, greater motivation to achieve academic goals, increased maturity, boredom, fertility and change in living situation. CONCLUSION: While there is overlap in several of the HRQoL concerns across the age span, it is important that HRQoL measures used with AYAs capture the diverse and unique psychosocial aspects of this developmental stage.
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Subject
EORTC Quality of Life Group
Humans
Neoplasms
Activities of Daily Living
Attitude
Emotions
Self Concept
Life Style
Body Image
Age Factors
Health Status
Quality of Life
Adolescent
Adult
Middle Aged
Female
Male
Young Adult
Social Participation
Research team
Clinical and Translational Sarcoma
Language
eng
Date accepted
2018-11-20
License start date
2018-11
Citation
European journal of cancer care, 2018, 27 (6), pp. e12980 - ?
Publisher
WILEY