Financial Hardship and Quality of Life among African American and White Cancer Survivors: The Role of Limiting Care Due to Cost.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial hardship is common among cancer survivors and is associated with both limiting care due to cost and with poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study estimates the association between limiting care due to cost and HRQOL in a diverse population of cancer survivors and tests whether limiting care mediates the association between financial hardship and HRQOL.

Methods

We used data from 988 participants (579 African American, 409 white) in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) pilot, a hospital-based cohort of breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer survivors. We assessed associations between financial hardship, limiting care, and HRQOL [measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)] using linear regressio

SUBMITTER: Hastert TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606374 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature