Risk of malnutrition and emotional distress as factors affecting health-related quality of life in patients with resected cancer

• C. Calderon ^[1] ; A. Carmona-Bayonas ^[6] ; C. Beato ^[7] ; I. Ghanem ^[2] ; R. Hernandez ^[3] ; M. Majem ^[8] ; A. Rosa Diaz ^[3] ; O. Higuera ^[2] ; M. Mut Lloret ^[4] ; P. Jimenez-Fonseca ^[5]
  1. [1] Universitat de Barcelona

     Universitat de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
  2. [2] Hospital Universitario La Paz

     Hospital Universitario La Paz

     Madrid, España

     
  3. [3] Hospital Universitario de Canarias

     Hospital Universitario de Canarias

     San Cristóbal de La Laguna, España

     
  4. [4] Hospital Universitario Son Espases

     Hospital Universitario Son Espases

     Palma de Mallorca, España

     
  5. [5] Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

     Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

     Oviedo, España

     
  6. [6] Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer
  7. [7] Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Macarena
  8. [8] Hospital Universitari Santa Creu i Sant Pau

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• Localización: Clinical & translational oncology, ISSN 1699-048X, Vol. 21, Nº. 5 (May), 2019, págs. 687-691
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Introduction This study analyzes the prevalence of malnutrition, depression, anxiety, and somatization and which factor has the biggest effect on quality of life (QoL) in individuals with resected cancer.

    Methods A prospective study was conducted among 747 participants. Participants completed the EORTC-QLQ30, MST, and BSI-18 questionnaires.

    Results Prevalence for risk of malnutrition, depression, anxiety, and somatization were 36.4%, 35.5%, 35.2%, and 48.8%, respectively. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that malnutrition risk, somatization, depression, and anxiety accounted for 50.8% of the variance in functional scale, 45.3% in symptom scale, and 52.2% in global health. Malnutrition, somatization, depression, and anxiety displayed high explanatory power on all health-related QoL (HRQoL) scales.

    Conclusion The risk of malnutrition and psychological symptoms is strongly associated with HRQoL in cancer patients; thus, medical oncologists should develop effective interventions that contribute to lowering the risk of malnutrition and psychological distress, thereby improving subjects’ HRQoL before initiating adjuvant chemotherapy.