Quality of life trajectories after diagnosis of gynecologic cancer: a theoretically based approach.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The course of quality of life after diagnosis of gynecologic cancer is not well understood. We aimed to identify subgroups of gynecologic cancer patients with distinct trajectories of quality of life outcomes in the 18-month period after diagnosis. We also aimed to determine whether these subgroups could be distinguished by predictors derived from Social-Cognitive Processing Theory.

Methods

Gynecologic cancer patients randomized to usual care as part of a psychological intervention trial (NCT01951807) reported on depressed mood, quality of life, and physical impairment soon after diagnosis and at five additional assessments ending 18 months after baseline. Clinical, demographic, and psychosocial predictors were assessed at baseline, and additional clinical factors we

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5199611 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature