Association between prognostic awareness and quality of life in patients with advanced cancer
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F22%3A10438947" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/22:10438947 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11120/22:43922949 RIV/00216208:11230/22:10438947
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=WM.7VPjIFg" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=WM.7VPjIFg</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-022-03097-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11136-022-03097-z</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Association between prognostic awareness and quality of life in patients with advanced cancer
Original language description
PURPOSE: Despite the current guidelines supporting open communication about serious news, the evidence about the impact of prognostic awareness on the quality of life in cancer patients is not clear. The aim of this study was to assess the association between quality of life and prognostic awareness in patients with advanced cancer. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study which involved patients (n = 129) with incurable advanced cancer (estimated by oncologist using 12-month surprise question). Data were collected at oncology departments at 3 hospitals using structured interview in which patients were asked about their quality of life (using Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale-IPOS and a single-item global measure), prognostic awareness, information needs and demographics. RESULTS: Only 16% of the sample was completely aware of prognosis and 57% was partially aware. Accurate prognostic awareness was significantly associated (p = 0.02) with lower level of quality of life between (when measured by both the IPOS and the single-item scale) patients with accurate prognostic awareness (M = 37.1; 10.4) and partially aware (M = 31.9; 9.1) and unaware patients (M = 30; 7.4). Detailed analysis showed that significant difference between groups was found only for physical symptoms subscales (p = 0.002), not for emotional and communication subscales. CONCLUSION: Prognostic awareness was found to be negatively associated with physical domain of quality of life, but not with emotional and communication domains. More research is needed on personality factors that might influence the development of prognostic awareness and quality of life.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30227 - Geriatrics and gerontology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Quality of Life Research
ISSN
0962-9343
e-ISSN
1573-2649
Volume of the periodical
31
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
2367-2374
UT code for WoS article
000751181900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85124328842