ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2018
Impact of reconceptualization response shift on rating of quality of life over time among people with advanced cancer.
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- The Role of Response-Shift in Studies Assessing Quality of Life Outcomes Among Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Pooled it
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- Screening versus multidimensional assessment of symptoms and psychosocial distress in cancer patients from the time of incurability.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Existential Insights in Cancer: Meaning in Life Adaptability.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
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- Health-Related Quality of Life Issues in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: Discrepancies with the Perceptions of Health Care Professionals.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Appraisal as a unifying theory of response shift: continuing the conversation.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life Associated with Barrett's Esophagus and Cancer.World journal of surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with cancer may experience change in what constitutes quality of life (QOL) over time as a result of the cancer progression (true change) or adaptation to the experience, considered as a response shift phenomenon. As individualized measures are ideally suited to explore response shift, this study aimed to estimate the extent to which reconceptualization response shift occurred over time in a cancer population and the impact of this response shift on estimates of change on QOL measures.
methodsNinety-seven people with advanced cancer completed the study measures including the Patient-Generated Index (PGI) at diagnosis (T0) and 1 year later (T1). The response shift indicator was the change in the number of areas nominated (range - 4 to + 3). Multivariate linear regression was used to estimate the effect of changing areas on change in the PGI score, single indicators of global QOL, and the EQ-5D
resultsApproximately 72% of people in this sample either added or dropped areas over time. People who dropped more than two areas had higher PGI scores at T1 than T0 while people who added areas showed low PGI score.
conclusionThe results are consistent with the PGI framework as areas nominated tend to focus on negative aspects of QOL.
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