ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2009
Exploring household income as a predictor of psychological well-being among long-term colorectal cancer survivors.
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- Development of a chronic care ostomy self-management program.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2013Article
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- Gender differences in quality of life among long-term colorectal cancer survivors with ostomies.Oncology nursing forum · 2011Article
- Complications among colorectal cancer survivors: SF-6D preference-weighted quality of life scores.Medical care · 2011Article
- Early and late complications among long-term colorectal cancer survivors with ostomy or anastomosis.Diseases of the colon and rectum · 2010Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this analysis was to determine the unique contribution of household income to the variance explained in psychological well-being (PWB) among a sample of colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors.
methodsThis study is a secondary analysis of data collected as part of the Health-Related Quality of Life in Long-Term Colorectal Cancer Survivors Study, which included CRC survivors with (cases) and without (controls) ostomies. The dataset included socio-demographic, health status, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) information. HRQOL was assessed with the modified City of Hope Quality of Life (mCOH-QOL)-Ostomy questionnaire and SF-36v2. To assess the relationship between income and PWB, a hierarchical linear regression model was constructed combining data from both cases and controls.
resultsAfter accounting for the proportion of variance in PWB explained by the other independent variables in the model, the additional variance explained by income was significant (R (2) increased from 0.228 to 0.250; P = 0.006).
conclusionsAlthough the study design does not allow causal inference, these results demonstrate a significant relationship between income and PWB in CRC survivors. The findings suggest that for non-randomized group comparisons of HRQOL, income should, at the very least, be included as a control variable in the analysis.
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