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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Correlation between Quality of Life under Treatment and Current Life Satisfaction among Cancer Survivors Aged 75 Years and Older Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Yoshiko Kitamura, Hisao Nakai, Tomoe Hashimoto, Yuko Morikawa, Yoshiharu Motoo

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of exercise on life satisfaction of people diagnosed with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  2. Health-related quality of life in cancer survivors aged 65 and older: impact of diagnosis and treatment and perceived decline associated with aging.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yoshiko KitamuraSchool of Nursing, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0265, Ishikawa, Japan.
Hisao NakaiSchool of Nursing, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0265, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9633-0255
Tomoe HashimotoSchool of Nursing, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0265, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6498-3048
Yuko MorikawaSchool of Nursing, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0265, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yoshiharu MotooKomatsu Sophia Hospital, Komatsu 923-0861, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0776-6434
Kanazawa Medical University · JPKomatsu (Japan) · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18K17537The 35th Research Grant (2021) Hokkoku Cancer Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Life satisfaction is increasingly important for older cancer survivors as the global population ages and the life expectancy 29 of cancer survivors increases. This study sought to identify factors associated with physical symptoms, quality of life under treatment, and current life satisfaction in cancer survivors aged 75 years and older receiving outpatient chemotherapy. Information about treatment for cancer survivors was collected from electronic medical records, and interviews were conducted to assess life satisfaction under treatment. Participants were older cancer survivors in Ishikawa, Japan. Of the participants, 80% lived on the Noto Peninsula. The average linear distance traveled for treatment was 40.7 km. The factors associated with patients' dissatisfaction with their current lives included general malaise (odds ratio: 9.61; 95% confidence interval: 1.28-72.22) and being less happy now than when they were younger (odds ratio: 10.559; 95% confidence interval: 1.50-74.24). In outpatient cancer treatment for survivors aged 75 years and older, support should consider the distance to the hospital. As in past studies, general malaise was shown to have a negative impact on the lives of cancer survivors aged 75 years or older. Support providers should pay attention to patients' general malaise when providing support.

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cancer survivorschemotherapypersonal satisfactionquality of life

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PMID36292310
PMCPMC9601938
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