Associations between muscle mass/strength and healthcare costs/use for patients with cancer: A systematic literature review.

Autor: Beaudart C; Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: c.beaudart@maastrichtuniversity.nl., Drost RMWA; Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Evers SMAA; Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Centre for Economic Evaluation and Machine learning, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Paulus ATG; Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; School of Health Professions Education (SHE), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Hiligsmann M; Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cancer treatment and research communications [Cancer Treat Res Commun] 2022; Vol. 33, pp. 100633. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2022.100633
Abstrakt: Purpose: To review published scientific evidence evaluating the potential associations between muscle mass/strength and healthcare use/costs for patients with cancer.
Methods: In accordance with the predefined protocol for a systematic literature review, studies assessing potential associations between muscle mass/strength and healthcare costs/use in cancer patients were searched on MEDLINE (via Ovid) and on the NHS Economic Evaluation Database in September 2021. Study selection, data extraction and quality assessment were performed by two independent reviewers.
Results: Of 613 studies identified, five met our inclusion criteria. Various outcomes were investigated: for length of hospital stay, one out of three studies reported an association between lower muscle mass and longer hospital stay; for hospital admission, the two identified studies did not highlight muscle weakness as a predictor of hospital admission; for hospital readmission, one out of two studies reported that patients with lower muscle mass had higher rates of hospital readmission; for costs and cost-effectiveness, results of two randomized controlled trials were mixed, with total costs of the intervention higher in one study and lower in the other, leading to opposite cost-effectiveness results.
Conclusion: Only five studies evaluating potential associations between mass/strength and healthcare use/costs have been highlighted within this systematic review. The amount of evidence is limited but the studies are also very heterogeneous in regards of study designs, sample size, and type of population included. This important heterogeneity prevents drawing strong conclusions. Because of limited data available, more high quality longitudinal studies are needed to further investigate the relationship between muscle mass/strength and healthcare costs/use.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interests The authors have no conflict of interest to report.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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