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Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Survivors of childhood cancer (SCCs) are at increased risk of late effects, which are cancer- and treatment-related side-effects that are experienced months to years post-treatment and encapsulate a range of physical, cognitive and emotional problems including secondary malignancies. Perceived healt...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7985790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28010080 |
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author | Young-Speirs, Morgan Forbes, Caitlin Patton, Michaela Russell, K. Brooke Stokoe, Mehak Reynolds, Kathleen Schulte, Fiona |
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description | Survivors of childhood cancer (SCCs) are at increased risk of late effects, which are cancer- and treatment-related side-effects that are experienced months to years post-treatment and encapsulate a range of physical, cognitive and emotional problems including secondary malignancies. Perceived health can serve as an indicator of overall health. This study aims to (1) understand how a patient reported outcome (PRO) of perceived health of SCCs compares to controls who have not had a cancer diagnosis and (2) examine the relationships between perceived health and demographic and clinical variables, and health behavior. A total of 209 SCCs (n = 113 (54.10%) males; median age at diagnosis = 6.50 years; median time off treatment = 11.10 years; mean age at study = 19.00 years) were included. SCCs completed annual assessments as part of Long-Term Survivor Clinic appointments, including a question on perceived health answered on a five-point Likert scale. Data were collected retrospectively from medical charts. Perceived health of SCCs was compared to a control group (n = 836) using data from the 2014 Canadian Community Health Survey. Most SCCs (67%) reported excellent or very good health. The mean perceived health of SCCs (2.15 ± 0.91) was not statistically different from population controls (2.10 ± 0.87). Pain (B = 0.35; p < 0.001), physical activity (B = −0.39; p = 0.013) and concerns related to health resources (B = 0.59; p = 0.002) were significant predictors of perceived health. Factors shown to influence SCCs’ perceived health may inform interventions. Exploration into how SCCs develop their conception of health may be warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-79857902021-03-24 Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Young-Speirs, Morgan Forbes, Caitlin Patton, Michaela Russell, K. Brooke Stokoe, Mehak Reynolds, Kathleen Schulte, Fiona Curr Oncol Article Survivors of childhood cancer (SCCs) are at increased risk of late effects, which are cancer- and treatment-related side-effects that are experienced months to years post-treatment and encapsulate a range of physical, cognitive and emotional problems including secondary malignancies. Perceived health can serve as an indicator of overall health. This study aims to (1) understand how a patient reported outcome (PRO) of perceived health of SCCs compares to controls who have not had a cancer diagnosis and (2) examine the relationships between perceived health and demographic and clinical variables, and health behavior. A total of 209 SCCs (n = 113 (54.10%) males; median age at diagnosis = 6.50 years; median time off treatment = 11.10 years; mean age at study = 19.00 years) were included. SCCs completed annual assessments as part of Long-Term Survivor Clinic appointments, including a question on perceived health answered on a five-point Likert scale. Data were collected retrospectively from medical charts. Perceived health of SCCs was compared to a control group (n = 836) using data from the 2014 Canadian Community Health Survey. Most SCCs (67%) reported excellent or very good health. The mean perceived health of SCCs (2.15 ± 0.91) was not statistically different from population controls (2.10 ± 0.87). Pain (B = 0.35; p < 0.001), physical activity (B = −0.39; p = 0.013) and concerns related to health resources (B = 0.59; p = 0.002) were significant predictors of perceived health. Factors shown to influence SCCs’ perceived health may inform interventions. Exploration into how SCCs develop their conception of health may be warranted. MDPI 2021-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7985790/ /pubmed/33562251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28010080 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Young-Speirs, Morgan Forbes, Caitlin Patton, Michaela Russell, K. Brooke Stokoe, Mehak Reynolds, Kathleen Schulte, Fiona Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer |
title | Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer |
title_full | Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer |
title_fullStr | Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer |
title_short | Perceived Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer |
title_sort | perceived health among adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7985790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28010080 |
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