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Open Access 01-03-2022 | Prostate Cancer

Quality of life in urologic cancer patients: importance of and satisfaction with specific quality of life domains

Authors: Katja Leuteritz, Diana Richter, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, Andreas Hinz

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 3/2022

Abstract

Purpose

Quality of life (QoL) has been the subject of increasing interest in oncology. Most examinations of QoL have focused on health-related QoL, while other factors often remain unconsidered. Moreover, QoL questionnaires implicitly assume that the subjective importance of the various QoL domains is identical from one patient to the next. The aim of this study was to analyze QoL in a broader sense, considering the subjective importance of the QoL components.

Methods

A sample of 173 male urologic patients was surveyed twice: once while hospitalized (t1) and once again 3 months later (t2). Patients completed the Questions on Life Satisfaction questionnaire (FLZ-M), which includes satisfaction and importance ratings for eight dimensions of QoL. A control group was taken from the general population (n = 477).

Results

Health was the most important QoL dimension for both the patient and the general population groups. While satisfaction with health was low in the patient group, the satisfaction ratings of the other seven domains were higher in the patient group than in the general population. The satisfaction with the domain partnership/sexuality showed a significant decline from t1 to t2. Multiple regression analyses showed that the domains health and income contributed most strongly to the global QoL score at t2 in the patient group.

Conclusion

Health is not the only relevant category when assessing QoL in cancer patients; social relationships and finances are pertinent as well. Importance ratings contribute to a better understanding of the relevance of the QoL dimensions for the patients.

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Title: Quality of life in urologic cancer patients: importance of and satisfaction with specific quality of life domains
Authors: Katja Leuteritz
Diana Richter
Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf
Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
Andreas Hinz
Publication date: 01-03-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Published in: Quality of Life Research / Issue 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-02954-7

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Quality of life in urologic cancer patients: importance of and satisfaction with specific quality of life domains

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At a glance: The STEP trials

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Methods

Results

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