Dataset Information

Trends of concerns from diagnosis in patients with advanced lung cancer and their family caregivers: A 2-year longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both advanced cancer patients and their family caregivers experience distress and have a range of concerns after cancer diagnosis. However, longitudinal studies on this topic have been lacking.

Aim

To investigate concerns in both patients with advanced lung cancer and their family caregivers longitudinally from diagnosis.

Design

A multi-center prospective questionnaire-based study.

Setting/participants

We recruited patients with newly diagnosed advanced lung cancer and their family caregivers at 16 hospitals in Japan. We prospectively assessed the prevalence of their concerns using the Concerns Checklist and investigated the associations between their concerns and mental status as well as quality of life until 24 months after diagnosis.