Long-term quality of life, sexual health and gastrointestinal function following colorectal cancer resection in an Asian cohort.
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2021-06-07
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As populations age and cancer management improves, long-term survivorship and quality-of-life (QOL) outcomes are becoming equally important as oncological results. Data from Asian populations are scarce. We aimed to evaluate the sexual health, gastrointestinal function and QOL amongst colorectal cancer survivors in a tertiary referral centre in Singapore.Method
Adults who had undergone elective curative surgery for non-metastatic colorectal cancer at least 2 years prior were included. Exclusion criteria were cognitive disease, serious postoperative complications or recurrent cancer. Participants were invited to complete the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires EORTC-QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR29. Using multiple bivariate analysis, r scores were used to examine relationship trends between QOL domains and survivor sociodemographic and disease-specific characteristics.Results
From February 2017 to July 2019, 400 responses were recorded. Median age and follow-up duration were 64 years (range 32-90) and 78 months (interquartile range 49-113) respectively. Patients who had Stage III cancer had better overall QOL scores compared to Stage I/II. Rectal (vs. colon) cancer negatively influenced sexual health and gastrointestinal function, but did not appear to affect overall QOL. Amongst our cohort, 57% (n = 129) of men and 43% (n = 75) of women were sexually active. Markers of socioeconomic status, including employment, education and housing type, were found to significantly impact perception of various aspects of QOL.Conclusion
Knowledge of factors which influence well-being can identify individuals who may benefit from tailored management strategies. Regular patient-doctor contact may play a role in building and maintaining positive perspectives of cancer survivors. Normative data should be obtained from local populations to facilitate future comparative research.Type
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Seow-En, Isaac, Aik Yong Chok, David Bruce Matchar, Sungwon Yoon, Dawn Qingqing Chong and Emile Kwong-Wei Tan (2021). Long-term quality of life, sexual health and gastrointestinal function following colorectal cancer resection in an Asian cohort. Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, 23(9). pp. 2348–2360. 10.1111/codi.15768 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/23845.
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