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Mental and physical health-related quality of life among U.S. cancer survivors: population estimates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey.

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Weaver, KE; Forsythe, LP; Reeve, BB; Alfano, CM; Rodriguez, JL; Sabatino, SA; Hawkins, NA; Rowland, JH
Published in: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
November 2012

BACKGROUND: Despite extensive data on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among cancer survivors, we do not yet have an estimate of the percentage of survivors with poor mental and physical HRQOL compared with population norms. HRQOL population means for adult-onset cancer survivors of all ages and across the survivorship trajectory also have not been published. METHODS: Survivors (N = 1,822) and adults with no cancer history (N = 24,804) were identified from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey. The PROMIS® Global Health Scale was used to assess HRQOL. Poor HRQOL was defined as 1 SD or more below the PROMIS® population norm. RESULTS: Poor physical and mental HRQOL were reported by 24.5% and 10.1% of survivors, respectively, compared with 10.2% and 5.9% of adults without cancer (both P < 0.0001). This represents a population of approximately 3.3 million and 1.4 million U.S. survivors with poor physical and mental HRQOL. Adjusted mean mental and physical HRQOL scores were similar for breast, prostate, and melanoma survivors compared with adults without cancer. Survivors of cervical, colorectal, hematologic, short-survival, and other cancers had worse physical HRQOL; cervical and short-survival cancer survivors reported worse mental HRQOL. CONCLUSION: These data elucidate the burden of cancer diagnosis and treatment among U.S. survivors and can be used to monitor the impact of national efforts to improve survivorship care and outcomes. IMPACT: We present novel data on the number of U.S. survivors with poor HRQOL. Interventions for high-risk groups that can be easily implemented are needed to improve survivor health at a population level.

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Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

DOI

EISSN

1538-7755

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

21

Issue

11

Start / End Page

2108 / 2117

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Survivors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Quality of Life
  • Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Health
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
 

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Weaver, K. E., Forsythe, L. P., Reeve, B. B., Alfano, C. M., Rodriguez, J. L., Sabatino, S. A., … Rowland, J. H. (2012). Mental and physical health-related quality of life among U.S. cancer survivors: population estimates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 21(11), 2108–2117. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0740
Weaver, Kathryn E., Laura P. Forsythe, Bryce B. Reeve, Catherine M. Alfano, Juan L. Rodriguez, Susan A. Sabatino, Nikki A. Hawkins, and Julia H. Rowland. “Mental and physical health-related quality of life among U.S. cancer survivors: population estimates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21, no. 11 (November 2012): 2108–17. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0740.
Weaver KE, Forsythe LP, Reeve BB, Alfano CM, Rodriguez JL, Sabatino SA, et al. Mental and physical health-related quality of life among U.S. cancer survivors: population estimates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Nov;21(11):2108–17.
Weaver, Kathryn E., et al. “Mental and physical health-related quality of life among U.S. cancer survivors: population estimates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, vol. 21, no. 11, Nov. 2012, pp. 2108–17. Pubmed, doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0740.
Weaver KE, Forsythe LP, Reeve BB, Alfano CM, Rodriguez JL, Sabatino SA, Hawkins NA, Rowland JH. Mental and physical health-related quality of life among U.S. cancer survivors: population estimates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Nov;21(11):2108–2117.

Published In

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

DOI

EISSN

1538-7755

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

21

Issue

11

Start / End Page

2108 / 2117

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Survivors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Quality of Life
  • Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Health
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys