Trial reportInternational psychogeriatrics2013
Impact of a structured multidisciplinary intervention on quality of life of older adults with advanced cancer.
Trial report in International psychogeriatrics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01360814 (A Structured Multidisciplinary Intervention to Improve Quality of Life of Patients Receiving Active Oncological Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Structured Multidisciplinary Intervention to Improve Quality of Life of Patients Receiving Active Oncological Treatment: A Randomized Trial
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of palliative care interventions offering social support to people with life-limiting illness-A systematic review.European journal of cancer care · 2018Pooled it
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- Precision medicine for older adults with multimorbidity through a whole-person and palliative care approach.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Physical health-related quality of life trajectories over two years following breast cancer diagnosis in older women: a secondary analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Exercise interventions for adults with cancer receiving radiation therapy alone.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Explaining how and why social support groups in hospice day services benefit palliative care patients, for whom, and in what circumstances.Palliative care and social practice · 2023Article
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Older Adults with Hematologic Malignancies-a Paradigm Shift.Current hematologic malignancy reports · 2022Review
- Age and Gender Moderate the Impact of Early Palliative Care in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.The oncologist · 2016Article
- Understanding the impact of pulmonary arterial hypertension on patients' and carers' lives.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2013Review
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Abstract
backgroundPatients experience reductions in quality of life (QOL) while receiving cancer treatment and several approaches have been proposed to address QOL issues. In this project, the QOL differences between older adult (age 65+) and younger adult (age 18-64) advanced cancer patients in response to a multidisciplinary intervention designed to improve QOL were examined.
methodsThis study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01360814. Newly diagnosed advanced cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy were randomized to active QOL intervention or control groups. Those in the intervention group received six multidisciplinary 90-minute sessions designed to address the five major domains of QOL. Outcomes measured at baseline and weeks 4, 27, and 52 included QOL (Linear Analogue Self-Assessment (LASA), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)) and mood (Profile of Mood States (POMS)). Kruskall-Wallis methodology was used to compare scores between older and younger adult patients randomized to the intervention.
resultsOf 131 patients in the larger randomized controlled study, we report data on 54 evaluable patients (16 older adults and 38 younger adults) randomized to the intervention. Older adult patients reported better overall QOL (LASA 74.4 vs. 62.9, p = 0.040), higher social well-being (FACT-G 91.1 vs. 83.3, p = 0.045), and fewer problems with anger (POMS anger-hostility 95.0 vs. 86.4, p = 0.028). Long-term benefits for older patients were seen in the anger-hostility scale at week 27 (92.2 vs. 84.2, p = 0.027) and week 52 (96.3 vs. 85.9, p = 0.005).
conclusionsOlder adult patients who received a multidisciplinary intervention to improve QOL while undergoing advanced cancer treatments benefited differently in some QOL domains, compared to younger adult patients. Future studies can provide further insight on how to tailor QOL interventions for these age groups.
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