Jianhua Hou, Rong Fu, Taiyi Jiang, Nancy Xiaonan Yu
{"title":"Delineating the dyadic coping process in HIV serodiscordant male couples: a dyadic daily diary study using the common fate model.","authors":"Jianhua Hou, Rong Fu, Taiyi Jiang, Nancy Xiaonan Yu","doi":"10.1007/s11136-025-03903-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-025-03903-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Although HIV is likely to be a couple-based issue among serodiscordant male couples due to cross-partner transmission, little is known about how they cope with HIV as a team. This study aimed to examine the dyadic coping process among serodiscordant couples.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A dyadic daily diary study was used to answer our research questions. One hundred and forty-one Chinese HIV serodiscordant male couples completed measures of we-disease appraisal, common dyadic coping, quality of life, and relationship satisfaction for 14 consecutive days and ART adherence, attitudes toward PrEP, quality of life, and relationship satisfaction at a 2-month post-diary assessment. Computations were based on the common fate mediation model, using multilevel structural equation modeling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Regarding direct effect, we-disease appraisal was associated with both partners' quality of life at the between-person level, post-diary quality of life, attitudes toward to PrEP, relationship satisfaction at both levels as well as post-diary relationship satisfaction. Common dyadic coping mediated the association between we-disease appraisal and both partners' quality of life as well as relationship satisfaction at the within-person level. However, no mediating effects were observed at the between-person level.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings highlighted the importance of the daily dyadic coping process among HIV serodiscordant couples. Future interventions should direct resources toward fostering a shared disease appraisal and training couples in common dyadic coping strategies for their daily lives.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143080753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-20DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03833-7
Anne-Sophie Baudry, Marion Delpuech, Emilie Charton, Charlotte Peugniez, Benedicte Hivert, Aurelien Carnot, Tatiana Ceban, Sophie Dominguez, Antoine Lemaire, Capucine Aelbrecht-Meurisse, Amelie Anota, Veronique Christophe
{"title":"Is intrapersonal emotional competence a personal resource for the quality of life of informal caregivers of cancer patients unlike interpersonal emotional competence?","authors":"Anne-Sophie Baudry, Marion Delpuech, Emilie Charton, Charlotte Peugniez, Benedicte Hivert, Aurelien Carnot, Tatiana Ceban, Sophie Dominguez, Antoine Lemaire, Capucine Aelbrecht-Meurisse, Amelie Anota, Veronique Christophe","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03833-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03833-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study assessed the influence of intrapersonal (one's own emotions) and interpersonal (emotions of others) emotional competence (EC) of informal caregivers on their quality of life (QoL) at the beginning of cancer care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants completed two questionnaires assessing their intrapersonal and interpersonal EC (S-PEC) as well as their QoL (SF-36) at the beginning of treatments. Multivariate ANCOVA regression analyses were then performed to explore the influence of EC on QoL.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The questionnaires were completed by 203 caregivers. As expected, intrapersonal EC was associated with a better QoL in all sub-dimensions (p < 0.01). More surprisingly, interpersonal EC was associated with worse QoL in terms of physical role (- 8.97 [95% CI - 16.74; - 1.19]), emotional role (- 8.37 [95% CI - 16.27; - 0.48]), and general health (- 4.50 [95% CI - 8.08; - 0.92]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Intrapersonal EC should be improved for better QoL of caregivers of cancer patients. However, the more caregivers are attentive to the emotions of others (e.g., by identifying, understanding, listening and helping to manage emotions), the more their physical and psychological state has an impact on their daily life and their perceived health is impaired.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"377-383"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-19DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03814-w
Marcus Luciano de Oliveira Tavares, Adriano Marçal Pimenta, Cristina García-Vivar, Mark Anthony Beinner, Lívia Cozer Montenegro
{"title":"Determinants of quality of life decrease in family caregivers of care-dependent patients: a longitudinal study.","authors":"Marcus Luciano de Oliveira Tavares, Adriano Marçal Pimenta, Cristina García-Vivar, Mark Anthony Beinner, Lívia Cozer Montenegro","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03814-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03814-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Family caregivers of care-dependent patients experience a decline in their Quality of Life (QoL). However, the determinants contributing to this decrease in QoL are still not fully understood. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate prospectively the determinants contributing to decreased QoL among family caregivers of care-dependent patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This longitudinal study involved 135 family caregivers in Brazil. Data were collected at baseline from October 2016 to August 2017, and at follow-up from December 2021 to July 2022. During both periods, we administered a questionnaire that covered sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle characteristics of the participants; the Barthel Index to assess the dependency level of the patients; and the WHOQOL-bref to assess the caregivers' QoL.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both caregivers and care-dependent patients were more frequently elderly (44.4% versus 74.6%), female (79.3% versus 61.5%), and had non-communicable disease (60.0% versus 94.3%) at baseline. Most patients experienced a worsening in their level of dependency (59.8%), while over a third of family caregivers (34.8%) reported a decline in their General Quality of Life Index. Eight determinants of decreased QoL were identified: four protective factors (religious faith, physical activity, sharing caregiving responsibilities, and sufficient sleep) and four risk factors (patient hospitalization in the past year, patient increased care dependency, older family caregiver age, and longer caregiving duration).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Many factors influencing caregiver QoL are modifiable through intervention, underscoring the need for public policies to support family caregivers. Healthcare professionals can play a vital role in promoting protective factors and addressing risk factors to enhance caregiver QoL.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"365-375"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11865120/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142473230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-26DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03813-x
Justyna Szklarzewicz, Ute Floege, Daniel Gallego, Keisha Gibson, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Kelly Helm, Dale Robinson, Bonnie Schneider, Philip Smith, Kjell Tullus, Ali Poyan-Mehr, Bruce Hendry, Bridget L Balkaran, Adam K Jauregui, Aolin Wang, Ian Nason, Nisha C Hazra, Chunyi Xu, Jingyi Liu, Zheng-Yi Zhou, Mark Bensink
{"title":"The humanistic burden of immunoglobulin A nephropathy on patients and care-partners in the United States.","authors":"Justyna Szklarzewicz, Ute Floege, Daniel Gallego, Keisha Gibson, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Kelly Helm, Dale Robinson, Bonnie Schneider, Philip Smith, Kjell Tullus, Ali Poyan-Mehr, Bruce Hendry, Bridget L Balkaran, Adam K Jauregui, Aolin Wang, Ian Nason, Nisha C Hazra, Chunyi Xu, Jingyi Liu, Zheng-Yi Zhou, Mark Bensink","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03813-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03813-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This cross-sectional survey study quantified the humanistic burden of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), in terms of physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work productivity, among adults with primary IgAN and their care-partners.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>HRQoL was assessed (01/31/22 - 05/31/23) with validated tools including the KDQoL-36 (with SF-12), GAD-7 (anxiety), PHQ-9 (depression), and WPAI: SHP (work productivity). Participant characteristics and total/domain scores were summarized; selected outcomes were compared to an external, kidney disease-free cohort.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>117 adults with IgAN and their care-partner pairs, and one adult without a care-partner, were included. The mean ages of patients and care-partners were 38.0 (SD: 8.6) and 40.2 (11.8) years, respectively; 55.9% and 43.6% were female. Mean physical and mental SF-12 scores for patients were 46.7 (SD: 8.0) and 41.9 (9.2), respectively, and 50.7 (7.3) and 43.7 (10.24) for care-partners. Both SF-12 components for patients, and the mental component for care-givers, were significantly worse compared to the US general population. Among patients, 27.1% had moderate/severe anxiety and 49.2% reported at least moderate depression. Compared to external controls, patients experienced significantly higher severity of anxiety (6.6 vs. 5.4) and depression (8.1 vs. 6.6; both p < 0.0001). Among care-partners, 13.7% experienced moderate anxiety and 37.8% experienced moderate/moderately-severe depression. Among employed individuals, both groups reported IgAN-related absenteeism (8.8-9.4%), presenteeism (25.1-25.9%), and overall work impairment (30.4-30.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>US adults with IgAN and their care partners experience impairments to mental and physical HRQoL and heightened levels of depression and anxiety, underscoring the need for effective IgAN therapies and care-partner support.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"353-363"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11865151/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142506684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ludvig Daae Bjørndal, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Ziada Ayorech, Olav Vassend, Espen Røysamb
{"title":"Correction: Multiple social factors are associated with wellbeing when accounting for shared genetic and environmental confounding.","authors":"Ludvig Daae Bjørndal, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Ziada Ayorech, Olav Vassend, Espen Røysamb","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03886-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03886-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"547"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11865153/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142984611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-13DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03836-4
Baye Dagnew, Cynthia A Honan, Laura L Laslett, Bruce V Taylor, Julie Campbell, Leigh Blizzard, Ingrid van der Mei
{"title":"Impact of sleep quality on health-related quality of life domains and the mediating effects of symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Baye Dagnew, Cynthia A Honan, Laura L Laslett, Bruce V Taylor, Julie Campbell, Leigh Blizzard, Ingrid van der Mei","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03836-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03836-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Many people living with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) experience poor sleep, which is associated with diminished overall health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We quantified associations between sleep quality and HRQoL domains and examined the extent to which other MS symptoms could account for these associations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional survey of 1,717 Australians with MS, we used Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) 8D and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to assess HRQoL and sleep quality, respectively. Total, direct, and indirect effects of sleep quality on HRQoL domains were determined using mediation regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Poor sleep quality was significantly associated with all domains of HRQoL, with strongest associations seen for mental health (β=-0.08) and pain (β=-0.11), and weaker associations for independent living (β=-0.05) and senses (β=-0.03). Poor sleep quality had the largest direct effect on mental health (60.8%), happiness (48.7%), and pain (49.7%). MS symptom clusters mostly contributing to indirect effects were \"feelings of anxiety and depression\" for psychosocial, and \"pain and sensory symptoms\" for physical HRQoL super dimensions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Improving sleep could lead to substantial improvements in all HRQoL domains and the improvement in HRQoL could be partially achieved through indirect improvements in sleep on MS symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"563-575"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142626758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-20DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03831-9
Erin M Knight, Kathleen L Carluzzo, Bryce B Reeve, Kristen L Mueller, Jasvinder A Singh, Li Lin, Karen E Schifferdecker
{"title":"Health-related quality of life profiles of adults with arthritis and/or fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Erin M Knight, Kathleen L Carluzzo, Bryce B Reeve, Kristen L Mueller, Jasvinder A Singh, Li Lin, Karen E Schifferdecker","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03831-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03831-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Adults with arthritis experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL), though research often focuses on single HRQOL outcomes or summary scores. We aimed to identify HRQOL profiles in adults with different arthritis types and determine risk and protective factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data including PROMIS-29 Profile v2.1 and PROMIS Short Form v2.0 - Emotional Support 4a were collected through a national foundation's online survey of adults with arthritis in the U.S. We used latent profile analysis (LPA) to characterize the heterogeneity in arthritis patients by clustering them into HRQOL profiles, based on statistical model fit and clinical interpretability. We fit a multinomial logistic regression model with HRQOL profile assignment as the outcome to determine associations with protective and risk factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 25,305 adults with arthritis. The LPA results favored a five-HRQOL profile solution (entropy = 0.83). While some profiles displayed better HRQOL in some domains, 93% of the sample displayed impacted pain and physical functioning. One profile (20%) displayed mean T-scores nearly 2 standard deviations below the population mean. Despite poor physical HRQOL outcomes, one profile (10%) displayed average mental health. All demographic and clinical factors contributed significantly to the model, including risk factors (arthritis types, work status) and protective factors (more emotional support, starting exercise).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We identified profiles with consistently impacted HRQOL in arthritis, though one displayed average mental health functioning despite poor physical functioning. These results highlight the value of considering the patient's HRQOL experience alongside treatment options, and the potentially positive impact of non-pharmacological interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"523-534"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11865125/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03823-9
Moritz Blum, Karen McKendrick, Laura P Gelfman, Nathan E Goldstein
{"title":"Symptom prevalence in patients with advanced heart failure and its association with quality of life and activities of daily living.","authors":"Moritz Blum, Karen McKendrick, Laura P Gelfman, Nathan E Goldstein","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03823-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03823-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Quality of life (QOL) and functional status are two key outcomes for patients with advanced heart failure (HF). We examined the association of eleven symptoms with QOL and functional status impairment in patients with advanced HF.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>This was a retrospective analysis of baseline data from a multi-center, cluster-randomized controlled trial (NCT01459744) which enrolled patients with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator and advanced HF at high-risk for mortality. Study instruments included the Condensed Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale, the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire QOL subscale, and the number of activities of daily living (ADL) patients had difficulties with. The study included 413 subjects. In generalized linear models which were adjusted for baseline characteristics, the total number of symptoms was significantly associated with worse QOL, as was the presence of each individual symptom, except constipation. Lack of energy demonstrated the strongest negative association with QOL. Similarly, the total number of symptoms was associated with a higher number of ADL difficulties (i.e., worse functional status). The presence of pain, lack of energy and drowsiness was individually associated with more ADL difficulties.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Among patients with advanced HF, a higher number of symptoms and specific individual symptoms were associated with worse QOL and functional status.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"485-493"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-20DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03837-3
Andrew M Garratt, Knut Stavem, James W Shaw, Kim Rand
{"title":"EQ-5D-5L value set for Norway: a hybrid model using cTTO and DCE data.","authors":"Andrew M Garratt, Knut Stavem, James W Shaw, Kim Rand","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03837-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03837-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To develop the Norwegian value set for the EQ-5D-5L based on interviews with a representative sample of the Norwegian adult population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Random and quota sampling were used to recruit the sample of adults (age> 18 years) representative of the Norwegian general population. Data collection followed EQ-VT 2.1 undertaken before and after the COVID-19 pandemic from November 2019 to December 2022, using PC-assisted and video conferencing interviews, respectively. Each respondent valued 10 health states using composite time trade-off (cTTO) and 7 health states using a discrete choice experiment (DCE). Different statistical models were assessed for logical consistency and predictive accuracy using cTTO and DCE data alone or in combination as hybrid models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 1,321 respondents, 1,237 met inclusion criteria. All statistical models demonstrated logical consistency. The weighted hybrid model combining both cTTOand DCE data was preferred and had the highest predictive accuracy. Predicted values ranged from -0.453 to 1, and the dimension of anxiety/depression was the most highly valued by respondents, followed by pain/discomfort, self-care, mobility, and usual activities. These findings are not dissimilar to those for most Western European countries, and regression coefficients are closest to those for other Scandinavian countries.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides the Norwegian value set for the EQ-5D-5L based on health state values obtained from members of the adult general population in Norway. This is an important contribution to economic evaluation and the broader application ofthe EQ-5D-5L in Norway including clinical and health services research, and quality measurement.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"417-427"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11865167/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quality of Life ResearchPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-19DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03812-y
Gerko Schaap, John F Davelaar, Peter M Ten Klooster, Carine J M Doggen, Job van der Palen, Christina Bode, Harald E Vonkeman
{"title":"One-year trajectories of physical and mental health-related quality of life, fatigue and dyspnoea in COVID-19 survivors.","authors":"Gerko Schaap, John F Davelaar, Peter M Ten Klooster, Carine J M Doggen, Job van der Palen, Christina Bode, Harald E Vonkeman","doi":"10.1007/s11136-024-03812-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11136-024-03812-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>A substantial number of people experience a persisting impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after COVID-19. The current study aims to identify different trajectories of physical and mental HRQoL, fatigue severity, and dyspnoea severity following hospitalisation with COVID-19, and associated factors of these trajectories.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>500 patients with COVID-19 were followed for one year in a longitudinal cohort study. Self-reported outcomes were measured at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after hospitalisation. Distinct trajectories were characterised using Growth Mixture Modelling. Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of trajectories were investigated using multivariable (multinomial) logistic regression analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three trajectories ('stable high' (16%), 'improving' (40%), and 'stable low' (44%)) were found for physical HRQoL, and four ('stable high' (43%), 'improving' (14%), 'middle declining' (17%), and 'low' (26%)) for mental HRQoL. Older age, overweight and obesity, lower education, and comorbidities were associated with 'low' physical HRQoL. Younger age was associated with 'low' mental HRQoL. Four fatigue trajectories ('no fatigue' (15%), 'improving' (40%), 'low-severe' (27%), and 'high-severe' (18%)) were found. Participants either experienced almost never ('no dyspnoea', 75%) or almost always ('severe', 25%) dyspnoea. High co-occurrences between low HRQoL and severe fatigue and dyspnoea symptom trajectories were found.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A substantial number of COVID-19 survivors continue to struggle with reduced HRQoL over time. However, large variations in these physical and mental HRQoL trajectories exist, and trajectories are associated with persisting COVID-19-related symptoms or pre-hospitalised health status. Regular measurement of HRQoL and post-COVID symptoms may help identify those that may benefit from timely interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20748,"journal":{"name":"Quality of Life Research","volume":" ","pages":"341-351"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11865161/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142473247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}