%0 Journal Article
%A Liu, Zhunzhun
%A Thong, Melissa S Y
%A Doege, Daniela
%A Koch-Gallenkamp, Lena
%A Weisser, Linda
%A Bertram, Heike
%A Eberle, Andrea
%A Holleczek, Bernd
%A Nennecke, Alice
%A Waldmann, Annika
%A Zeissig, Sylke Ruth
%A Pritzkuleit, Ron
%A Brenner, Hermann
%A Arndt, Volker
%T Benefit finding, posttraumatic growth and health-related quality of life in long-term cancer survivors: a prospective population-based study.
%J Acta oncologica
%V 62
%N 9
%@ 0284-186X
%C Abingdon
%I Taylor & Francis Group
%M DKFZ-2023-01679
%P 1124-1131
%D 2023
%Z #EA:C071#LA:C071# / 2023 Sep;62(9):1124-1131
%X We explored the relationship between benefit finding (BF)/posttraumatic growth (PTG) at baseline and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at baseline and follow-up in long-term cancer survivors (LTCS; ≥5-year post-diagnosis).HRQOL was assessed in LTCS in 2009-2011 (5- to 16-year post-diagnosis, baseline) and re-assessed in 2018/2019 (14- to 24-year post-diagnosis, follow-up). BF and PTG were measured at baseline; mean scores were dichotomized into 'none-to-low' (<3) and 'moderate-to-high' (> =3). Linear regression models and linear mixed regression models were employed to assess the association of BF/PTG with HRQOL.Of the 6057 baseline participants, 4373 were alive in 2019, of whom 2704 completed the follow-up questionnaire. Cross-sectionally, LTCS with none-to-low BF reported better HRQOL at baseline and at follow-up than LTCS with higher BF. Longitudinally, no difference was found between none-to-low and moderate-to-high BF on the HRQOL change from baseline to follow-up. HRQOL differences between the PTG groups were not statistically significant cross-sectionally and longitudinally, except those participants with moderate-to-high PTG reported higher role functioning and global health status/QOL.Cross-sectionally, BF was significantly negatively related to subscales of HRQOL, while PTG was positively correlated to role functioning and global health status/QOL. The results add further evidence that BF and PTG are two different positive psychological concepts.
%K Benefit finding (Other)
%K cancer survivors (Other)
%K health-related quality of life (Other)
%K posttraumatic growth (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:37594165
%R 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2245560
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/278635