Motivation and mortality in older women with early stage breast cancer: A longitudinal study with ten years of follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Getting Out of Bed Scale (GOB) was validated as a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) variable in older women with early stage breast cancer, suggesting its potential as a concise yet powerful measure of motivation. The aim of our project was to assess the association between GOB and mortality over 10years of follow-up.

Materials and methods

We studied 660 women ≥65-years old diagnosed with stage I-IIIA primary breast cancer. Data were collected over 10years of follow-up from interviews, medical records, and death indexes.

Results

Compared to women with lower GOB scores, women with higher GOB had an unadjusted hazard ratio (HR) of all-cause mortality of 0.78 at 5years, 95% confidence interval (CI) (0.52, 1.19) and 0.77 at 10years, 95%CI (0.59, 1.00).

SUBMITTER: Dumontier C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5373974 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature