O. Näslund, Stina Jakobsson, E. Thurin, T. Skoglund, Jenny Pettersson-Segerlind, B. Brynedal, A. Jakola, Jiri Bartek
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Abstract
Asymptomatic patients with meningiomas are increasingly detected, where management can be challenging in terms of surgery versus watchful waiting. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important factor in clinical decision making, albeit not greatly studied in this patient group. The aim of this paper is to map the HRQoL among patients with surgically removed asymptomatic meningioma as compared to the general population.
Patients with first time surgically treated asymptomatic meningioma between 2007 and 2013 were identified. Patients were invited 2017 to answer a survey regarding different aspects of quality of life, using EuroQoL (EQ)-5D-3L, perceived health, lifestyle, and occupancy. Data from electronic patient records was obtained. The patients were matched based on age and gender with data from the Stockholm Region Public Health Cohort database.
There was no difference in EQ-5D-3L or visual analogue scale (VAS) between the patients and their matched controls. Patients and controls experienced ill health to the same extent, but patients felt to a greater extent that this impacted their way of life. In 36% of patients, preoperative occupation was not resumed, mostly due to cognitive symptoms. Additionally, the study suggested social detachment in this cohort, as significantly more patients were living alone and had less emotional support compared to controls.
Although surgically treated patients with asymptomatic intracranial meningioma have similar overall HRQoL compared to the general population, surgery has an impact on return to work and cognitive function.
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ACS Applied Bio Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of biomaterials and biointerfaces including and beyond the traditional biosensing, biomedical and therapeutic applications.
The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important bio applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses the relationship between structure and function and assesses the stability and degradation of materials under relevant environmental and biological conditions.