Health-related quality of life in lung cancer survivors: Latent class and latent transition analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) heterogeneity among cancer survivors may mask subgroups (classes) with different limitations and long-term outcomes. The authors determined the HRQOL classes that exist among lung cancer survivors, examined transitions among those classes over time, and compared survival outcomes of patients according to the classes present in the initial phase of care.

Methods

Lung cancer survivors in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium completed EuroQol 5-domain quality-of-life questionnaires 4.8 months (initial phase) and >1 year (survivorship phase) after diagnosis (n = 1396). Latent class analysis and latent transition analysis were used to determine HRQOL classes and transitions across time. Correlates of class

SUBMITTER: Kenzik KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409523 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature