Quality of life and psycho-emotional wellbeing in bladder cancer patients and their caregivers: A comparative analysis between urostomy versus ileal orthotopic neobladder
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
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Quality of life and psycho-emotional wellbeing in bladder cancer patients and their caregivers: A comparative analysis between urostomy versus ileal orthotopic neobladder / M. Masiero, D. Busacchio, P. Guiddi, P. Arnaboldi, G. Musi, O. De Cobelli, F. Didier, G. Pravettoni. - In: ECANCERMEDICALSCIENCE. - ISSN 1754-6605. - 15(2021 Jan 05). [10.3332/ECANCER.2021.1163]
Abstract:
Background: The impact of neobladder and urostomy on bladder cancer patient's health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) is controversial and many issues currently remain under-investigated. Initial studies pointed out that the emotional responses of caregivers might be 'contagious, influencing emotional reactions in bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy.
Methods: Three hundred and eighty-two bladder cancer patients (aged M = 67.29 years; SD = 9.23) (16.9% (65) were female and 82.9% (319) were male) and their caregivers were enrolled. Data were collected prospectively: at T0 (1 month before the surgery), at T1 (2 weeks after the surgery, at patient discharge from the hospital) and at T2 (6-month follow-up). At each time point (T0, T1 and T2), a set of questionnaires (EORT QLQ-C30 and emotion thermometer) were given to patients and their caregivers.
Results: All patients reported a general improvement in the HR-QoL and global health status/QoL from T0 to T2 (p < 0.001). No significant differences were observed between neobladder and urostomy. At T0, the emotional thermometer total scoring in caregivers was positive in relation to HR-QoL (p < 0.001) and negative in relation to the patient's perception of QoL (p < 0.001) and global health (p < 0.001). Similar trends were observed at T1 and T2.
Conclusions: These results suggest that patients and their caregiver's emotional reactions to cancer are deep-rooted and strongly interconnected, and they provide innovative insights for the clinical management of bladder cancer patients.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Caregivers; Decision-making; Neobladder; Personality; Radical cystectomy; Urostomy
Elenco autori:
M. Masiero, D. Busacchio, P. Guiddi, P. Arnaboldi, G. Musi, O. De Cobelli, F. Didier, G. Pravettoni
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