Prevalence of functional limitations and their associations with systemic cancer therapy among older adults in nursing homes with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the relationship of self-care task disabilities with the use of systemic cancer therapies for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in nursing home patients.

Materials and methods

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database linked with Minimum Data Set assessments, we identified nursing home residents with advanced NSCLC from 2011 to 2015. We considered disability in activities of daily living (ADL) including dressing, personal hygiene, toilet use, locomotion on unit, transfer, bed mobility, and eating. We estimated the association between ADL disabilities and receipt of systemic cancer therapies within 3 months of diagnosis.

Results

Of the 3174 patients, 2702 (85.2%) experienced disability in one or more ADLs

SUBMITTER: Panagiotou OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184570 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature