Longitudinal patterns of psychological distress in adult survivors of childhood cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated longitudinal patterns of psychological distress in adult survivors of childhood cancer.

Methods

Participants included 4569 adult survivors in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Cohort (CCSS) who completed the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 on three occasions between 1994 and 2010. Longitudinal latent class analysis was used to identify discrete classes of psychological distress. Predictors of class membership were examined through logistic regression modelling with odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) reported.

Results

Survivors were a median of 39 years of age and 30 years from diagnosis at the most recent follow-up. Most survivors reported few or no symptoms of distress over time, although subsets of survivors reported

SUBMITTER: Brinkman TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3778287 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature