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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Trajectories of quality of life, life satisfaction, and psychological adjustment after prostate cancer |
Author: | Chambers, S. Ng, S. Baade, P. Aitken, J. Hyde, M. Wittert, G. Frydenberg, M. Dunn, J. |
Citation: | Psycho-Oncology: journal of the psychological, social and behavioral dimensions of cancer, 2017; 26(10):1576-1585 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 1057-9249 1099-1611 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Suzanne K. Chambers, Shu Kay Ng, Peter Baade, Joanne F. Aitken, Melissa K. Hyde, Gary Wittert, Mark Frydenberg, Jeff Dunn |
Abstract: | To describe trajectories of health-related quality of life (QoL), life satisfaction, and psychological adjustment for men with prostate cancer over the medium to long term and identify predictors of poorer outcomes using growth mixture models.One-thousand sixty-four (82.4% response) men diagnosed with prostate cancer were recruited close to diagnosis and assessed over a 72-month (6-year) period with self-report assessment of health-related QoL, life satisfaction, cancer-related distress, and prostate specific antigen anxiety. Urinary, bowel, and sexual function were also assessed using validated questionnaires.Poorer physical QOL was predicted by older age, lower education, lower income, comorbidities, and receiving hormone therapy. Lower life satisfaction was related to younger age, lower income, not being partnered, and comorbidities. Poorer psychological trajectories were predicted by younger age, lower income, comorbidities, and receiving radical prostatectomy or brachytherapy. Better urinary, bowel, and sexual function were related to better global outcomes over time. Anxiety about prostate specific antigen testing was rare.Distinct trajectories exist for medium- to long-term QoL, life satisfaction, and psychological adjustment after prostate cancer; with age and socioeconomic deprivation playing a differential role in men's survivorship profile and the impact of functional status on outcomes increasing over time. These results reinforce the need for an appraisal of men's life course in addition to treatment side effects when planning survivorship care after cancer. |
Keywords: | cancer longitudinal oncology prostate psychological distress quality of life |
Rights: | © 2016 The Authors. Psycho-Oncology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
DOI: | 10.1002/pon.4342 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/442301 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4342 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medicine publications |
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