The impact of chemotherapy (CHT) on the Quality of Life (QoL) of cancer patients has been a topic of much concern in the relevant literature. In Italy, administrative legislation provides economic benefits for cases in which Italian citizens have been rendered incapable of performing their everyday activities. The present study is designed to assess the degree to which CHT affects the QoL of cancer patients by taking into account variables, such as age, gender or type of cancer, or whether assessment of QoL was performed either during or after chemotherapy, during active progressive disease, stable disease or disease response. The sample consisted of sixty-three patients receiving CHT (20/63 males and 43/63 females; age 18-87) whereas the control group consisted of fifty-eight cancer patients who did not receive CHT (36/58 males and 22/58 females; age 30-85). Odds ratios quantified the presence/absence of CHT with the presence/absence of activities of daily living (ADLs) in the cancer group populations. A statistically significant correlation was found between CHT and incapacity to perform ADLs (OR 5.28; CI 95%: 2.28-12.26; p <0.001), independent of age, gender or type of cancer
L’impatto della chemioterapia (CHT) sulla qualità della vita (QoL) dei pazienti oncologici è molto discussa in letteratura. In Italia la normativa prevede benefici economici nel caso di cittadini con incapacità nello svolgimento degli atti quotidiani della vita. Lo studio è stato progettato per valutare la misura in cui la CHT incida sulla QoL dei pazienti oncologici anche in funzione di variabili come età, sesso o tipo di tumore, o se la valutazione della QoL è stata effettuata durante o dopo la terapia, nella fase attiva della patologia o di stabilità o risposta alla terapia. Il campione è costituito da sessantatre pazienti che hanno ricevuto la chemioterapia (20/63 maschi e 43/63 femmine; età compresa tra 18-87 anni) mentre il gruppo di controllo di cinquattotto pazienti oncologici non in chemioterapia (36/58 maschi e 22/58 femmine; età compresa tra 30-85 anni). Odds Ratio misurato la presenza/assenza di CHT con la presenza/assenza di atti della vita quotidiana nella popolazione con neoplasia. Esiste un’associazione statisticamente significativa tra chemioterapia ed incapacità nello svolgimento degli atti quotidiani della vita (OR 5.28; CI 95%: 2.28-12.26; p <0.001) indipendentemente da età, genere o tipologia di tumore
Quality of life during chemotherapy: implications for social and legal medicine / Massoni, Francesco; Ricci, Pasquale; Ricciardi, Max Rapp; Luzi, Eleonora; Archer, TREVOR CORNELIUS STUART; Ricci, Serafino. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1128-6598. - STAMPA. - 20:2(2015), pp. 73-80.
Quality of life during chemotherapy: implications for social and legal medicine
MASSONI, FRANCESCO;RICCI, PASQUALE;LUZI, ELEONORA;ARCHER, TREVOR CORNELIUS STUART;RICCI, Serafino
2015
Abstract
The impact of chemotherapy (CHT) on the Quality of Life (QoL) of cancer patients has been a topic of much concern in the relevant literature. In Italy, administrative legislation provides economic benefits for cases in which Italian citizens have been rendered incapable of performing their everyday activities. The present study is designed to assess the degree to which CHT affects the QoL of cancer patients by taking into account variables, such as age, gender or type of cancer, or whether assessment of QoL was performed either during or after chemotherapy, during active progressive disease, stable disease or disease response. The sample consisted of sixty-three patients receiving CHT (20/63 males and 43/63 females; age 18-87) whereas the control group consisted of fifty-eight cancer patients who did not receive CHT (36/58 males and 22/58 females; age 30-85). Odds ratios quantified the presence/absence of CHT with the presence/absence of activities of daily living (ADLs) in the cancer group populations. A statistically significant correlation was found between CHT and incapacity to perform ADLs (OR 5.28; CI 95%: 2.28-12.26; p <0.001), independent of age, gender or type of cancerFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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