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. 2023 Oct;10(10):6749-6757.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.1921. Epub 2023 Jun 19.

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

Anne Grethe Kleven  1 , Christine Miaskowski  2 , Ann Helen Torstveit  1 , Christine Seel Ritchie  3 , Marie Ellström Engh  4   5 , Elin Andersen  1 , Inger Utne  1
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Quality of life of older gynecologic oncology patients at the initiation of chemotherapy

Anne Grethe Kleven et al. Nurs Open. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

Aim: To 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.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Methods: Older (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.

Results: Patients' 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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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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