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Differential Impact of Symptom Prevalence and Chronic Conditions on Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors and Non-Cancer Individuals: A Population Study.

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Cancer survivors experience more symptom burden than non-cancer individuals, which is associated with more chronic conditions and impaired HRQOL, and interventions to manage symptom prevalence especially for older cancer survivors and survivors with more Chronic conditions may improve theirHRQOL outcomes.
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Background: To compare associations of symptom prevalence, chronic conditions, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between cancer survivors and non-cancer individuals using the U.S. National Health Interview Survey.Methods: Study samples comprised 604 survivors and 6,166 non-cancer individuals. Symptoms included sensation abnormality, pain, fatigue, cognitive disturbance, depression, and anxiety. Physical and mental HRQOL was measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.Results: Compared with non-cancer individuals, survivors had higher prevalence in sensation abnormality (OR = 2.4; 95% CI = 1.9 to 3.0), pain (OR = 2.1; 95% CI = 1.7 to 2.6), fatigue (OR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.1 to 1.8), and decremented physical HRQOL (difference = -3.7; 95% CI = -4.7 to -2.6). The prevalence of individual symptoms was significantly associated with decremented physical HRQOL [range = -5.9 (anxiety) to -8.9 (pain)] and mental HRQOL [range = -4.7 (sensation) to -8.4 (depression)]. The association between cancer experience and physical and mental HRQOL was chiefly explained by the prevalence of six symptoms and presence of chronic conditions. Pain (β = -4.0; 95% CI = -4.5 to -3.6) and ≥2 chronic conditions (β = -9.2; 95% CI = -10.2 to -8.2) significantly decremented physical HRQOL. Depression (β = -5.2; 95% CI = -5.8 to -4.6) and ≥2 chronic conditions (β = -3.3; 95% CI = -4.4 to -2.3) significantly decremented mental HRQOL.Conclusions: Cancer survivors experience more symptom burden than non-cancer individuals, which is associated with more chronic conditions and impaired HRQOL.Impacts: Interventions to manage symptom prevalence especially for older cancer survivors and survivors with more chronic conditions may improve their HRQOL outcomes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(7); 1124-32. ©2017 AACR.

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