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ArticleNursing open2023

Quality of life of older gynecologic oncology patients at the initiation of chemotherapy.

Anne Grethe Kleven, Christine Miaskowski, Ann Helen Torstveit, Christine Seel Ritchie, Marie Ellström Engh, Elin Andersen, Inger Utne

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Article in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Anne Grethe KlevenDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8675-8773
Christine MiaskowskiSchool of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ann Helen TorstveitDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Christine Seel RitchieDivision of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Marie Ellström EnghDivision Akershus University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Elin AndersenDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Inger UtneDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-8892-079X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate older gynecologic oncology patients' quality of life (QOL) at the initiation of chemotherapy and compare their QOL scores with a female age-matched general population (GP) sample.

designCross-sectional.

methodsOlder (n = 122) gynecologic oncology patients completed the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) that evaluates global health and five functional scales (range from 0 to 100). Differences in QOL scores between our sample and the GP were evaluated using one-sample t-tests and effect sizes were calculated using Cohen's d.

resultsPatients' mean age was 70.7 years (±6.6). Mean scores for the function scales ranged from 58.5 (±31.1) for role function to 86.1 (±17.0) for cognitive function. Compared to the GP, our sample reported significantly lower scores for global health status, social, role and physical functioning, and a significantly higher score for cognitive functioning. No differences were found in emotional functioning scores. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: No patient or public contribution.

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Genital Neoplasms, FemaleQuality of LifeAgedCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth StatusHumans

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PMID37337353
PMCPMC10495706

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