Observational studyBMC geriatrics2022
Dignity and psychosocial related variables in elderly advanced cancer patients.
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- Roy adaptation model-based patient education for elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Reconceptualising Dignity-Centred Care for Hospitalised Older Adults: A Discursive Theoretical Analysis Using the Levine's Conservation Model.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
- Barriers to implementation of discharge readiness services for elderly cancer patients by junior nurses: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Factors influencing palliative care decision-making participation among elderly patients in the terminal stage: a cross-sectional study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- The importance of social vulnerability and exclusion in cancer prognosis and survival: a scoping review.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- Dignity Among Older Persons in Long-Term Care Institutions in Taiwan and Related Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.The journal of nursing research : JNR · 2026Article
- Family participation in dignity interventions for patients with cancer receiving palliative care: A scoping review.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Review
- Vitamin D and cancer-related fatigue in elderly patients: mechanisms and therapeutic insights-a narrative review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Family participation in dignity interventions for patients with cancer receiving palliative care: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- The relationship between childhood hunger experiences and activities of daily living disability: a mediating role of depression.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Psychosocial burden in transfusion dependentJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionMost cancers occur in older individuals, who are more vulnerable due to functional impairment, multiple comorbidities, cognitive impairment, and lack of socio-familial support. These can undermine patients' sense of dignity. This study seeks to compare dignity scores in older patients with advanced cancer on sociodemographic and clinical variables and analyze the predictive value of anxiety, depression, functional limitations, and social support on dignity scores.
methodsA prospective, multicenter, observational study conducted with participation of 15 hospitals in Spain from February 2020 to October 2021. Patients with newly-diagnosed, advanced cancer completed the dignity (PPDS), anxiety and depression (BSI), Social Support (Duke-UNC-11), and functional limitations (EORTC-C30) scales. Lineal regression analyses explored the effects of anxiety, depression, functional status, and social support on dignity, adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical variables.
resultsA total of 180 subjects participated in this study. The results of the correlation analysis revealed that dignity correlated negatively with anxiety, depression, and sex, and positively with social support, functional status, and longer estimated survival. Thus, women, and more anxious and depressed individuals scored lower on the dignity scale, whereas patients with more social support, fewer functional limitations, and longer estimated survival scored higher.
conclusionIn conclusion, being female, having a lower educational level, lower estimated survival, depression, anxiety, less social support, and limited functionality are correlated with less dignity in the elderly with advanced cancer. It is a priority to manage both physical and psychological symptoms in patients with unresectable advanced cancer to mitigate psychological distress and increase their sense of dignity.
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