Risk factors for cancer-related distress in colorectal cancer survivors: one year post surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purposes

Cancer-related distress is known to persist long after completion of treatment. Factors related to distress are largely unexplored in colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors. We examined changes over time and risk factors for distress in CRC patients over the first year after surgery.

Methods

We included 212 CRC patients with data at 6 and 12 months post-surgery from the ColoCare Study in Heidelberg, Germany. Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, social support, and health-related quality of life (HrQOL) prior to surgery were evaluated as predictors of cancer-related distress. Distress was measured with the Cancer and Treatment Distress instrument (CTXD). Linear regression analyses examined associations between risk factors and distress.

Results

Distress subscale

SUBMITTER: Han CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7261242 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature