ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022
Urban-rural differences in financial toxicity and its effect on cancer survivors' health-related quality of life and emotional status: a latent class analysis.
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- Assessing Financial Toxicity in Cancer: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using an Asset Framework.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluation of financial toxicity and associated factors in female patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
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- The influence of family resilience and benefit finding on the financial toxicity of primary caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
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- Differential patterns of health-related quality of life among low- and high-income cancer survivors in South Korea: a latent class analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Exploring the influencing factors of spiritual well-being in patients with advanced cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a latent profile analysis.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
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- Relationships between financial distress and anxiety and depression in cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Associations between financial toxicity, health-related quality of life, and well-being in Indonesian patients with breast cancer.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Comparing EQ-5D-5L and IPOS among residents with malignant tumors in a community home hospice: a longitudinal study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Financial toxicity and its influencing factors in young and middle-aged cancer patients: a latent profile analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Financial Toxicity in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Financial Toxicity Among Cancer Patients in Slovenia.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Financial toxicity, family resilience and symptom burden in liver cancer patients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Validity, test-retest reliability, and responsiveness of the Indonesian version of FACIT-COST measure for subjective financial toxicity.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- Influence of age on financial toxicity in cancer patients.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Article
- Cancer cost-related subjective financial distress among breast cancer: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Financial toxicity and its risk factors among patients with cancer in China: A nationwide multisite study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to investigate the urban-rural differences in associations between financial toxicity (FT), physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL), negative emotional status, and the effect of patients' socioeconomic status and clinical and cost-related characteristics on the levels of FT in a sample of Chinese cancer survivors.
methodsData were obtained from a cross-sectional survey conducted by the oncology department at two tertiary level hospitals in China. The COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity, Euroqol five-level instrument (EQ-5D), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - 21 (DASS-21) were used to measure patients' FT, physical HRQoL, and negative emotional status. A latent class analysis was used to identify patient subgroups with distinct symptom experiences based on self-reported data on symptom occurrence using the EQ-5D and DASS-21.
resultsFour distinct latent classes were identified: all low (47.6%); high physical and low psych (18.6%); low physical and high psych (17.1%); and all high (17.1%). Rural patients younger than 50 years showed a statistically significantly higher FT than urban patients. Rural patients who were male, highly educated, insured, first hospitalization, new cases, received surgery or immunotherapy, and had low cancer-related costs in all low classes showed a higher FT than urban patients.
conclusionsRural patients with cancer suffered from higher FT than their urban counterparts, and the negative impact of psychological distress on FT was higher than that of physical HRQoL.
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