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ReviewNursing open2022

Age-related differences in self-report and objective measures of cognitive function in older patients prior to chemotherapy.

Inger Utne, Borghild Løyland, Ellen Karine Grov, Hege Lund Rasmussen, Ann Helen Torstveit, Steven M Paul, Christine Ritchie, Kristina Lindemann, Ingvild Vistad, Claudia Rodríguez-Aranda and 1 more

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Review in Nursing open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Incidence and predictors of immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment-related cognitive impairment in a racial and ethnic diverse population.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Inger UtneDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-8892-079X
Borghild LøylandDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8044-7990
Ellen Karine GrovDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Hege Lund RasmussenDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Ann Helen TorstveitDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Steven M PaulSchool of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Christine RitchieDivision of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Morgan Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kristina LindemannDepartment of Gynecological Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Ingvild VistadDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-5262-6326
Claudia Rodríguez-ArandaDepartment of Psychology, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Christine MiaskowskiSchool of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimEvaluate for differences in demographic and clinical characteristics and subjective and objective measures of cognitive function (CF) between younger older adults (YOA, 60-69 years) and older adults (OA, ≥70 years).

designCross-sectional.

methodsOlder oncology patients (n = 139) completed subjective (Attentional Function Index, European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC) CF scale) and objective (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Trail Making Test (TMT) A & B) measures of CF prior to chemotherapy. Data were analyzed using parametric and nonparametric tests.

resultsNo differences were found between the two groups for any of the subjective or objective CF measures, except that OA patients had higher TMT B scores. Compared with the general population, OAs had significantly higher EORTC CF scores and YOAs had significantly worse scores for all of the objective tests. Clinically meaningful difference between group differences was found for the TMT B test.

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CognitionQuality of LifeAgedCross-Sectional StudiesHumansSelf ReportTrail Making Testcancercognitive functionolder adultpatient-reported outcomesperformance-based outcomes

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PMID34878233
PMCPMC8859071

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