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Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors

BACKGROUND: Many gynecological cancer survivors (GCS) have comorbid chronic diseases (CCD). This study was to estimate the impacts of CCD on quality of life (QOL) in GCS. METHODS: We collected cross-sectional self-reported survey data from 598 GCS between April and July 2013, in Shanghai, China. All...

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Autores principales: Wang, Ji-Wei, Sun, Li, Li, Jiang, Cong, Xiao-Huan, Chen, Xue-Fen, Tang, Zheng, Yu, Dong-Hui, Zhang, Tian-Rui, Luo, Zheng-Nian, Yuan, Zheng-Ping, Yu, Jin-Ming
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26408314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2240-1
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author Wang, Ji-Wei
Sun, Li
Li, Jiang
Cong, Xiao-Huan
Chen, Xue-Fen
Tang, Zheng
Yu, Dong-Hui
Zhang, Tian-Rui
Luo, Zheng-Nian
Yuan, Zheng-Ping
Yu, Jin-Ming
author_facet Wang, Ji-Wei
Sun, Li
Li, Jiang
Cong, Xiao-Huan
Chen, Xue-Fen
Tang, Zheng
Yu, Dong-Hui
Zhang, Tian-Rui
Luo, Zheng-Nian
Yuan, Zheng-Ping
Yu, Jin-Ming
author_sort Wang, Ji-Wei
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Many gynecological cancer survivors (GCS) have comorbid chronic diseases (CCD). This study was to estimate the impacts of CCD on quality of life (QOL) in GCS. METHODS: We collected cross-sectional self-reported survey data from 598 GCS between April and July 2013, in Shanghai, China. All the subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire containing the European Organization for Research and Treatment quality of life version 3 questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and questions on socio-demographic characteristics and CCD. In order to mitigate the bias caused by confounding factors, multiple linear models were employed to calculate adjusted means of QOL scores. RESULTS: Approximately three-quarters of subjects reported at least one CCD. The highest overall prevalence of all CCD was found in endometrial cancer survivors. Subjects with CCD generally reported lower scores for most EORTC QLQ-C30 scales when compared to subjects without CCD, indicating poorer QOL, particularly for cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, digestive diseases, and musculoskeletal disease. CONCLUSIONS: The CCD are common health problems among GCS. CCD have significantly negative influence on QOL, and GCS with CCD generally reported lower QOL scores. These findings suggested comprehensive cares for GCS.
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spelling pubmed-45827362015-09-26 Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors Wang, Ji-Wei Sun, Li Li, Jiang Cong, Xiao-Huan Chen, Xue-Fen Tang, Zheng Yu, Dong-Hui Zhang, Tian-Rui Luo, Zheng-Nian Yuan, Zheng-Ping Yu, Jin-Ming BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Many gynecological cancer survivors (GCS) have comorbid chronic diseases (CCD). This study was to estimate the impacts of CCD on quality of life (QOL) in GCS. METHODS: We collected cross-sectional self-reported survey data from 598 GCS between April and July 2013, in Shanghai, China. All the subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire containing the European Organization for Research and Treatment quality of life version 3 questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and questions on socio-demographic characteristics and CCD. In order to mitigate the bias caused by confounding factors, multiple linear models were employed to calculate adjusted means of QOL scores. RESULTS: Approximately three-quarters of subjects reported at least one CCD. The highest overall prevalence of all CCD was found in endometrial cancer survivors. Subjects with CCD generally reported lower scores for most EORTC QLQ-C30 scales when compared to subjects without CCD, indicating poorer QOL, particularly for cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, digestive diseases, and musculoskeletal disease. CONCLUSIONS: The CCD are common health problems among GCS. CCD have significantly negative influence on QOL, and GCS with CCD generally reported lower QOL scores. These findings suggested comprehensive cares for GCS. BioMed Central 2015-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4582736/ /pubmed/26408314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2240-1 Text en © Wang et al. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
spellingShingle Research Article
Wang, Ji-Wei
Sun, Li
Li, Jiang
Cong, Xiao-Huan
Chen, Xue-Fen
Tang, Zheng
Yu, Dong-Hui
Zhang, Tian-Rui
Luo, Zheng-Nian
Yuan, Zheng-Ping
Yu, Jin-Ming
Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
title Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
title_full Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
title_fullStr Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
title_full_unstemmed Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
title_short Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
title_sort comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26408314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2240-1
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