Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36765757›Full record

ArticleCancers2023

Associations between Lifestyle Factors and Neurocognitive Impairment among Chinese Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Survivors of Sarcoma.

Yin Ting Cheung, Chung Tin Ma, Michael Can Heng Li, Keary Rui Zhou, Herbert Ho Fung Loong, Agnes Sui Yin Chan, Kwok Chuen Wong, Chi Kong Li

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Frailty and neurocognitive impairments in Chinese survivors of childhood cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yin Ting CheungSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9874-8938
Chung Tin MaSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Michael Can Heng LiSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Keary Rui ZhouSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Herbert Ho Fung LoongDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Agnes Sui Yin ChanDepartment of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3321-182X
Kwok Chuen WongDepartment of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Chi Kong LiDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2810-5758

Funding

Research Grant Council, Hong Kong 14601919
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe effect of lifestyle on neurocognitive impairment among cancer survivors remain an understudied area. This study explored the association between lifestyle factors and neurocognitive outcomes (specifically, attention, memory, processing speed and cognitive flexibility) in AYA survivors (aged 15-39 years) of sarcoma.

methodsThis study recruited 116 AYA survivors (age 28.2 (SD = 8.2) years), who were diagnosed with osteosarcoma (49%) or soft-tissue sarcoma (51%) at age 13.3 (SD = 7.2) years. The neurocognitive battery included measures of attention, memory, motor-processing speed, and cognitive flexibility. Survivors reported health-damaging practices, which included: physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol intake, inadequate sleep (<7 h of actual sleep/day), sleep-related fatigue (Multidimensional Fatigue Scale) and long working hours (>9 h/day). General linear modeling was conducted to examine the association between lifestyle factors and neurocognitive outcomes, adjusting for age at diagnosis, sex, education attainment and clinical/treatment variables.

resultsAt 14.9 (SD = 7.6) years post-diagnosis, survivors demonstrated impairment in attentiveness (4.3-13.0%), processing speed (34.5%) and cognitive flexibility (18.1%). Nearly half (45.7%) had developed a chronic health condition (CHC). Low physical activity (estimate = -0.97,

conclusionTreatment-related CHCs, coupled with continued physical inactivity, may exacerbate inattention and executive dysfunction among survivors. Long working hours and sleep-related fatigue are associated with worse functioning; this finding should be validated with prospective assessment of work-related stressors and objective sleep measures.

Indexed as

adolescent and young adultcancer survivorslifestyleneurocognitive impairmentpediatric cancersarcomayoung-adult cancer

Identifiers

PMID36765757
PMCPMC9913447

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.