Quality of life of patients with thyroid cancer in Colombia

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q4 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Endocrinologia Diabetes Y Nutricion Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.endien.2024.03.007

Oscar Gómez , Alvaro Sanabria

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Abstract

Introduction

Quality of life (QoL) in thyroid cancer patients is comparable to patients with other tumours with worse prognosis. The aim was to evaluate QoL in Colombian patients with thyroid carcinoma and to explore the association of QoL scores with patient features.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study. The present research was carried out from data obtained for the validation study of the Spanish version of the THYCA-QoL. Adult patients with thyroid carcinoma who underwent total or partial thyroidectomy were included and asked to complete the Spanish-validated versions of the THYCA-QoL and EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaires. The scores of each domain and single items underwent linear transformation to values of 0–100. Comparisons of scale scores with clinical variables were performed.

Results

We included 293 patients. The global EORTC QLQ-C30 score was 73.2 ± 22.1 and the domains with poorer values were emotional and cognitive and the symptoms with poorer values were insomnia and fatigue. The global THYCA-QOL score was 28.4 ± 17.8. The domains with poorer values were neuromuscular and psychological and the single items with poorer values were headaches and tingling hands/feet.

Conclusion

Colombian patients with thyroid cancer have a good prognosis, but they experience important problems related to QoL. QoL was influenced by demographic and clinical factors such as age, sex functional status and clinical stage.

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哥伦比亚甲状腺癌患者的生活质量

导言：甲状腺癌患者的生活质量（QoL）与预后较差的其他肿瘤患者相当。本研究旨在评估哥伦比亚甲状腺癌患者的生活质量，并探讨生活质量评分与患者特征之间的关系。本研究是根据西班牙版THYCA-QoL验证研究获得的数据进行的。研究对象包括接受甲状腺全部或部分切除术的成年甲状腺癌患者，要求他们填写西班牙文版的THYCA-QoL和EORTC QLQ-C30问卷。每个领域和单个项目的得分都经过线性变换，取值为 0-100。将量表得分与临床变量进行比较。EORTC QLQ-C30的总分为73.2±22.1分，分值较低的领域是情绪和认知，分值较低的症状是失眠和疲劳。THYCA-QOL的总得分为（28.4 ± 17.8）分。结论哥伦比亚甲状腺癌患者的预后良好，但他们在 QoL 方面遇到了一些重要问题。生活质量受人口统计学和临床因素的影响，如年龄、性别、功能状态和临床分期。

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Endocrinologia Diabetes Y Nutricion Multiple-

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