ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2019
Individual, Social, and Societal Correlates of Health-Related Quality of Life Among African American Survivors of Ovarian Cancer: Results from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study.
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- Proactive use of PROMs in ovarian cancer survivors: a systematic review.Journal of ovarian research · 2019Pooled it
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities: Discrimination's Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life-An All of Us Cancer Survivors' Cross-sectional Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Elucidating the influences of social determinants of health on perceived overall health among African American/Black and Hispanic ovarian cancer survivors using the NIH All of Us Research Program.Gynecologic oncology · 2024Article
- Equipping Faith-Based Communities for Cancer Support Ministry: A Pilot Study of Cancer Support Training for Members of African-American Churches in the USA.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Development and preliminary validation of a health-related family quality of life instrument.Health care for women international · 2024Article
- Impact of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination on Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Survivors.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- The Influence of Therapeutic Exercise on Survival and the Quality of Life in Survivorship of Women with Ovarian Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Ovarian Cancer Symptom Clusters: Use of the NIH Symptom Science Model for Precision in Symptom Recognition and Management.Clinical journal of oncology nursing · 2022Review
- Race-associated molecular changes in gynecologic malignancies.Cancer research communications · 2022Article
- The Importance of Social Support, Optimism and Resilience on the Quality of Life of Cancer Patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Psychotropic and Opioid-Based Medication Use among Economically Disadvantaged African-American Older Adults.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Community-based exercise programs for cancer survivors: a scoping review of practice-based evidence.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life of Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults: Age and Gender Differences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveWhile the incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is lower among African American (AA) women compared with European American (EA) women, AA women have markedly worse outcomes. In this study, we describe individual, social, and societal factors in health-related quality of life (HRQL) in AA women diagnosed with EOC in the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES) that we hypothesize may influence a patient's capacity to psychosocially adjust to a diagnosis of cancer.
methodsThere were 215 invasive EOC cases included in the analysis. HRQL was measured using the SF-8 component scores for physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) health. We used least squares regression to test the effects of individual dispositional factors (optimism and trait anxiety); social level (perceived social support); and societal-level factors (SES defined as low family income and low educational attainment, and perceived discrimination) on HRQL, while adjusting for patient age, tumor stage, body mass index, and comorbidity. Mediation analysis was applied to test whether social support and physical activity buffer impacts of EOC on HRQL.
resultsOptimism, trait anxiety, social support, poverty, and past perceived discrimination were significantly associated with HRQL following diagnosis of EOC. Specifically, higher family income, lower phobic anxiety, and higher social support were associated with better wellbeing on the MCS and PCS (p < 0.01). Higher perceived discrimination was associated with both lower MCS and PCS, whereas higher optimism was associated with higher MCS. Physical activity (MET-min/week) and social support displayed significant overall mediation for effects of SES on MCS and PCS, but not for trait anxiety.
conclusionsBoth pre- and postdiagnosis characteristics of AA women with EOC are important predictors of HRQL after cancer diagnosis. Individual, social, and societal-level factors each contribute to HRQL status with EOC and should be assessed.
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