1. Health-Related Quality of Life and Treatment Satisfaction of Patients with Malignant IDH Wild-Type Gliomas and Their Caregivers
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Anna Fischl, Michael Gerken, Patricia Lindberg-Scharf, Tareq M. Haedenkamp, Katharina Rosengarth, Andrea Hillberg, Martin Vogelhuber, Ingrid Schön, Martin Proescholdt, Tommaso Araceli, Michael Koller, Anne Herrmann, Oliver Kölbl, Tobias Pukrop, Markus J. Riemenschneider, Nils Ole Schmidt, Monika Klinkhammer-Schalke, Ralf Linker, Peter Hau, and Elisabeth Bumes
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glioma ,IDH wild-type ,psycho-oncology ,health-related quality of life ,HR-QoL ,satisfaction ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
(1) Background: Clinical aspects like sex, age, Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) and psychosocial distress can affect the health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and treatment satisfaction of patients with malignant isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type (IDHwt) gliomas and caregivers. (2) Methods: We prospectively investigated the HR-QoL and patient/caregiver treatment satisfaction in a cross-sectional study with univariable and multiple regression analyses. Questionnaires were applied to investigate the HR-QoL (EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-BN20) and treatment satisfaction (EORTC PATSAT-C33). (3) Results: A cohort of 61 patients was investigated. A higher KPS was significantly associated with a better HR-QoL regarding the functional scales of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (p < 0.004) and a lower symptom burden regarding the EORTC QLQ-BN20 (p < 0.001). The patient treatment satisfaction was significantly poorer in the patients older than 60 years in the domain of family involvement (p = 0.010). None of the investigated aspects showed a significant impact on the treatment satisfaction of caregivers. (4) Conclusions: We demonstrated that in patients with IDHwt gliomas, the KPS was the most important predictor for a better HR-QoL in functional domains. Data on the HR-QoL and treatment satisfaction in patients with IDHwt gliomas and their caregivers are rare; therefore, further efforts should be made to improve supportive care in this highly distressed cohort.
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- 2024
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