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Agostinelli G, Muzzatti B, Serpentini S, Spina M, Annunziata MA. Cancer-Related Psychological Distress in Lymphoma Survivor: An Italian Cross-Sectional Study. Front Psychol 2022; 13:872329. [PMID: 35558708 PMCID: PMC9088809 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.872329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cancer is becoming a chronic disease, and the number of cancer survivors continues to increase. Lymphoma survivors are also increasing in numbers, and anxiety and depression are among the consequences they face. This study aimed to explore psychological distress in a sample of 212 lymphoma survivors. Information through a socio-demographic form and the compilation of questionnaires to assess anxiety, depression, quality of life, and the impact of cancer on lymphoma survivors was collected and analyzed. In the sample examined, 17% of lymphoma survivors were anxiety caseness, and 12.3% were depression caseness, and of these, 8% presented with concomitant anxiety depression. This study identified some variables associated with psychological distress in lymphoma survivors: female sex; living as a couple; a diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma; systematic treatment and/or radiotherapy; sleep disorders; no regular physical activity; and present or past use of psychiatric drugs. Our cross-sectional study results suggest that some of the variables investigated may be useful in identifying lymphoma survivors who are more likely to report psychological distress. It is important to monitor psychological distress along the entire trajectory of survivorship in order to identify early the presence of anxiety and depression and to provide timely psychological support.
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Affiliation(s)
- Giulia Agostinelli
- Unit of Oncological Psychology - Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Unit of Oncological Psychology - Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Unit of Oncological Medicine - Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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Moschopoulou E, Deane J, Duncan M, Ismail SA, Moriarty S, Sarker SJ, White P, Korszun A. Measuring quality of life in people living with and beyond cancer in the UK. Support Care Cancer 2021; 29:6031-6038. [PMID: 33783624 PMCID: PMC8410707 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06105-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Purpose The aim of this study was to identify the most appropriate measure of quality of life (QoL) for patients living with and beyond cancer. Methods One hundred eighty-two people attending cancer clinics in Central London at various stages post-treatment, completed a series of QoL measures: FACT-G, EORTC QLQ-C30 , IOCv2 (positive and negative subscales) and WEMWBS, a wellbeing measure. These measures were chosen as the commonest measures used in previous research. Correlation tests were used to assess the association between scales. Participants were also asked about pertinence and ease of completion. Results There was a significant positive correlation between the four domain scores of the two health-related QoL measures (.32 ≤ r ≤ .72, P < .001), and a significant large negative correlation between these and the negative IOCv2 subscale scores (− .39 ≤ r ≤ − .63, P < .001). There was a significant moderate positive correlation between positive IOCv2 subscale and WEMWBS scores (r = .35, P < .001). However, neither the FACT-G nor the EORTC showed any significant correlation with the positive IOCv2 subscale. Participants rated all measures similarly with regards to pertinence and ease of use. Conclusion There was little to choose between FACT-G, EORTC, and the negative IOC scales, any of which may be used to measure QoL. However, the two IOCv2 subscales capture unique aspects of QoL compared to the other measures. The IOCv2 can be used to identify those cancer survivors who would benefit from interventions to improve their QoL and to target specific needs thereby providing more holistic and personalised care beyond cancer treatment.
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- Elisavet Moschopoulou
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AX, UK
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- Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
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- Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Research Department of Medical Education, UCL Medical School, UCL, London, UK
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- Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK.
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Molloy K, Jonak C, Woei‐A‐Jin F, Guenova E, Busschots A, Bervoets A, Hauben E, Knobler R, Porkert S, Fassnacht C, Cowan R, Papadavid E, Beylot‐Barry M, Berti E, Alberti Violetti S, Estrach T, Matin R, Akilov O, Vakeva L, Prince M, Bates A, Bayne M, Wachsmuch R, Wehkamp U, Marschalko M, Servitje O, Turner D, Weatherhead S, Wobser M, Sanches J, McKay P, Klemke D, Peng C, Howles A, Yoo J, Evison F, Scarisbrick J. Characteristics associated with significantly worse quality of life in mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome from the Prospective Cutaneous Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (
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) study. Br J Dermatol 2019; 182:770-779. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.18089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- K. Molloy
- University Hospitals Birmingham Birmingham U.K
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- Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Christie Hospital Manchester U.K
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hospital de Bordeaux Bordeaux France
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- Department of Dermatology Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCCS OMP Milan Italy
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- Hospital Clinico University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh PA U.S.A
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- Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki Finland
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Melbourne Australia
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- University Hospital Southampton Southampton U.K
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- Hospital Universatari de Bellvitge Barcelona Spain
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- University Hospital Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- University of São Paulo Medical School São Paulo Brazil
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Glasgow U.K
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- Stadtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Germany
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- University Hospitals Birmingham Birmingham U.K
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- University Hospitals Birmingham Birmingham U.K
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- University Hospitals Birmingham Birmingham U.K
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- University Hospitals Birmingham Birmingham U.K
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Taylor K, Chivers P, Bulsara C, Joske D, Bulsara M, Monterosso L. Care After Lymphoma (CALy) trial: A phase II pilot pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led model of survivorship care. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2019; 40:53-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2019.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Muzzatti B, Gipponi K, Flaiban C, Cormio C, Carnaghi C, Tralongo P, Caruso M, Cavina R, Tirelli U, Annunziata MA. The impact of cancer: An Italian descriptive study involving 500 long-term cancer survivors. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2019; 28:e13007. [PMID: 30740807 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The well-being and quality of life (QoL) of long-term cancer survivors may be affected, both positively and negatively, by psychosocial factors related to the experience of being a cancer patient. We investigated whether, in long-term cancer survivors, the psychosocial impacts of cancer associate with socio-demographic-clinical variables; whether, within the positive and negative dimensions taken separately, some impacts are more intense than others; and whether these impacts explain QoL. METHODS Italian long-term cancer survivors (n = 500) completed the Impact of Cancer (IOC-V2) and Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaires. RESULTS The IOC-V2 negative impact score associated with gender, education, occupational status and health issues, whereas no association was found between the positive impact score and socio-demographic-clinical variables. Of the positive impacts, Altruism/Empathy was the highest (p < 0.001); Positive self-evaluation was higher than Health awareness (p = 0.001); and Meaning of cancer was the lowest (p < 0.001). Among the negative impacts, Worry was the highest (p < 0.001), whereas Body changes concerns was higher than both Appearance concerns (p < 0.001) and Life Interferences (p < 0.001). The assessed impacts explained more than 25% of the variance of both physical and mental functioning scores. CONCLUSIONS The provided data document psychosocial factors affecting QoL in Italian long-term cancer survivors.
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- Barbara Muzzatti
- Unit of Oncological Psychology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Unit of Oncological Psychology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Unit of Oncological Psychology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental Unit of Psycho-Oncology, National Cancer Centre Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Rete Assistenza Oncologica, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Humanitas Centro Catanese di Oncologia, Catania, Italy
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- Medical Oncology A, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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