Patient-reported outcome measures among breast cancer survivors: A cross-sectional comparison between Malaysia and high-income countries

Autor: Chin Vern Song, Wee Loon Ong, Nadia Rajaram, Christobel Saunders, Soo-Hwang Teo, M Schouwenburg, Ranjit Kaur, Zhi Ying Lim, Mazanah Muhamad, Mee Hoong See, Cheng Har Yip, Nur Aishah Taib
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Psycho-oncology. 28(1)
ISSN: 1099-1611
Popis: OBJECTIVES Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in high-income countries (HICs) suggest that physical, emotional, and psychological needs are important in cancer care. To date, there have been few inconsistent descriptions of PROs in low-income and middle-income Asian countries. Using a standard questionnaire developed by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), we compared the perceived importance of PROs between patients in Malaysia and those in HICs and between clusters of Malaysian women. METHODS Breast cancer patients were recruited from three Malaysian hospitals between June and November 2017. We compared the proportion of patients who rated PROs as very important (scored 7-9 on a 9-point Likert scale) between Malaysian patients and data collected from patients in HICs via the ICHOM questionnaire development process, using logistic regression. A two-step cluster analysis explored differences in PROs among Malaysian patients. RESULTS The most important PROs for both cohorts were survival, overall well-being, and physical functioning. Compared with HIC patients (n = 1177), Malaysian patients (n = 969) were less likely to rate emotional (78% vs 90%), cognitive (76% vs 84%), social (72% vs 81%), and sexual (30% vs 56%) functioning as very important outcomes (P
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