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MS 14 - QOL Evaluation in Practice from the Viewpoint of Physicians and Nurses (ID 536)
- Event: WCLC 2017
- Type: Mini Symposium
- Track: Nursing/Palliative Care/Ethics
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:Qing Zhou, Beth Eaby-Sandy
- Coordinates: 10/17/2017, 11:00 - 12:30, Room 315
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MS 14.02 - Dimensions of Quality of Life in Lung Cancer (ID 7707)
11:15 - 11:30 | Presenting Author(s): Marianne Davies
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in the world. Approximately 85% of patients are diagnosed with advanced disease, associated with high morbidity and mortality. Lung cancer is associated with a higher burden of symptoms compared to other cancers. Patients may experience symptoms from disease such as cough, dyspnea, anorexia, malaise, pain and anxiety. Lung cancer patients often report symptom clusters (2 or more symptoms occurring simultaneously). Patients may also experience symptoms secondary to immediate and chronic side effects of treatment. Treatments for lung cancer include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. Patients may receive a combination of these therapies either concurrently or sequentially. Each therapy is associated with a unique adverse symptom profile. Collectively these symptoms negatively impact clinical outcomes. High symptom burden is associated with poorer clinical outcomes such as survival and health related quality of life (HRQOL). HRQOL is the evaluation of the patients own life situation from their perspective. HRQOL may also be referred to as patient reported outcomes (PROS) and the measurement referred to as patient reported outcome measures (PROMs). HRQOL is subjective and multidimensional. HRQOL measures include physical, psychological, cognitive, social and life roles. Quality of life may be negatively influenced by risk factors such as co-morbid medical conditions, poor nutritional status, emotional distress, sleep disturbances, poor pulmonary function, poor financial resources, poor social support and past family history. Poor nutritional status, including malnutrition, sarcopenia and cachexia, is associated with poor quality of life, poor response to treatment and decreased survival. Emotional distress, anxiety and depression, is linked to lower HRQOL, increased symptom burden and poorer prognosis. Previous experience with family cancer and perceived risk of cancer, specifically among women, is associated with poorer reported HRQOL. Caregivers of patients with poorer HRQOL have a greater caregiver burden. This in turn negatively impacts the patients HRQOL further. Maximizing quality of life is an essential component of lung cancer management. Pre-diagnosis HRQOL and HRQOL at diagnosis are a strong prognostic factor for survival in lung cancer. HRQOL measurements are useful to evaluate treatment efficacy. HRQOL is an important clinical outcome measure to consider as newer treatments and improved therapeutics are providing the opportunity for long term survival for some patients. It is especially important in cases when therapy is unlikely to be curative, as patients often report that HRQOL is more important than short term survival benefits. Several instruments have been developed to assess HRQOL (Table 1). Some of the tools are generic, some specific to cancer and others that specifically focus on lung cancer. Most of the instruments are questionnaires. Several tools developed demonstrate correlation with performance status, symptoms and survival. Studies suggest that disease specific instruments may enhance outcome measures and be more useful in predicting outcomes. The tools specific to lung cancer include: The Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS), the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires (EORTIC-QLQ), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF). The City of Hope Quality of Life Family Care Giver Tool (COH-QOL-FCG) focusses specifically on the quality of life impacted by the family care giver. Table 1
There are some inherent limitations of the instruments. The scales have been developed by health care providers who may have different biases on what defines HRQOL. Therefore, there are likely metrics that are missing from the measures obtained. Accurate and consistent data collection may be influenced by fluctuations in the patients’ health status and symptom burden, making it difficult for them to complete questionnaires. If instruments are completed by a caregiver or healthcare provider, performance status may be used as a proxy for overall HRQOL. While performance status is correlated with HRQOL, it does not include all parameters. Operational barriers may be time demands on the health care provider, space limitations or technology breakdown when using online access. Other barriers may be the influences of language, culture, religion, age and educational level. Health care providers should continue to explore other strategies for capturing HRQOL data. The overall goal of health care providers is to improve the lives of patients. Better HRQOL is associated with better performance status, less frequent symptoms, lower anxiety, and improved response to treatment. Therefore, health care providers should continue to develop strategies that enhance HRQOL. HRQOL assessment provides an opportunity to assess for symptoms and potentially modifiable risk factors that negatively impact HRQOL and long term outcomes. This provides the bases for designing interventions that enhance HRQOL. Ongoing efforts include: refining surgical procedures, radiation techniques, selection of systemic therapeutics (chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy) and combinations, with on maintaining efficacy with improved HRQOL outcomes. Focused interventions on modifiable factors may include: aggressive symptom management, structured supportive and palliative care, structured distress screening, resilience building, nutritional support, physical therapy and activity, family caregiver support. Consideration of HRQOL is an integral responsibility of all members of the healthcare team. References Borges, E.L., Franceschini, J., Costa, L.H.D., Gernandes, A.L.G., Jamnik, S. & Santoro, I.L. (2017). Family caregiver burden: the burden of caring for lung cancer patients according to stage and patient quality of life. J. Bras Pneumol. 43 (1): 18-23. Bye, A., Sjøblom, B., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Grønberg, B.H., Baracos, V.E……Jordhøy, M. (2017). Muscle mass and association to quality fo life in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. May 10. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12206. [Epub ahead of print] Chabowksi, M, Polanski, J, Mazur, G, Janczak, D. & Rosinczuk, J. (2017). Sociodemographic and clinical determinants of quality of life of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Advs Exp Medicine, Biology-Neuroscience & Respiration. Jun 2. doi: 10.1007/5584_2017_36. [Epub ahead of print] Delibegovic, A., Sinanovic, O., Galic, G., Sabic, A. & Sabic, D. (2016). The influence of palliative care on quality of life in patients with lung cancer. Mater Sociomed. 28 (6): 420-423. Eser, S., Göksel, T., Erbaycu, A.E., Baydur, H., Başank, B….Eser, E. (2016). Comparison of generic and lung cancer-specific quality of life instruments for predictive ability of survival in patients with advanced lung cancer. Springer Plus.5: 1833. Lou, V.W.Q., Chen, E.J., Jian, H., Zhou, Z., Zhu, J, Li, G. & He, Y. (2017). Respiratory symptoms, sleep, and quality of life in lung cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 53 (2): 250-256. Morrison, E.J., Novotny, P.J., Sloan, J.A, Yang, P., Patten, C.A., Ruddy, K.J. & Clark, M.M. (2017). Emotional problems, quality of life, and symptom burden in patients with lung cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer. Mar 2. pii: S1525-7304(17)30051-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2017.02.008. [Epub ahead of print] Pinheiro, L.C., Zagar, T.M. 7 Reeve, B.B. (2017). The prognostic value of pre-diagnosis health related quality of life on survival: a prospective cohort study of older Americans with lung cancer. Qual Life Res. 26: 1703-1712. Polanski, J, Jankowska-Polanska, B., Rosinczuk, J., Chabowski, M & Szymanska-Chabowska A. (2016). Quality of life of patients with lung cancer. Onco Targets Ther. 9:1023-8.Tool Questions Context Areas The Lung Cancer Symptoms Scale (LCSS) 15 Patient and observer (healthcare professional) forms. Measures physical and functional dimensions EORTC-QLQ C30 30 Cancer symptoms, physical symptoms, 5 functional areas (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, social), overall financial impact. EORTC-QLQ-LC 13 13 Developed as supplement to the QLQ-C30 above. 13 items assess lung cancer symptoms, treatment related side effects (chemotherapy specific) and pain Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L) 37 Combination of the FACT-generic 27 questions on general QOL (physical, social and family, emotional, functional well-being and relationship with physician), and 10 items on lung cancer specific symptoms. Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) 36 General health (physical function, role physical function, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, role emotional, mental health) with 2 summary scales measuring physical and mental component scales. City of Hope Quality of Life Family Care Giver Tool (COH-QOL-FCG) 37 Measures physical, psychological, social and spiritual
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WS 03 - ITONF Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Workshop (Ticketed Session) (ID 751)
- Event: WCLC 2017
- Type: Workshop
- Track: Mesothelioma
- Presentations: 1
- Invitation / Session Details: Click here to view PDF
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- Coordinates: 10/15/2017, 12:15 - 17:55, Room 313
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WS 03.15 - Immuno-oncology Overview (ID 10893)
16:15 - 16:35 | Presenting Author(s): Marianne Davies
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