TY  - JOUR
AU  - Liu, Zhunzhun
AU  - Thong, Melissa S Y
AU  - Doege, Daniela
AU  - Koch-Gallenkamp, Lena
AU  - Weisser, Linda
AU  - Bertram, Heike
AU  - Eberle, Andrea
AU  - Holleczek, Bernd
AU  - Nennecke, Alice
AU  - Waldmann, Annika
AU  - Zeissig, Sylke Ruth
AU  - Pritzkuleit, Ron
AU  - Brenner, Hermann
AU  - Arndt, Volker
TI  - Benefit finding, posttraumatic growth and health-related quality of life in long-term cancer survivors: a prospective population-based study.
JO  - Acta oncologica
VL  - 62
IS  - 9
SN  - 0284-186X
CY  - Abingdon
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
M1  - DKFZ-2023-01679
SP  - 1124-1131
PY  - 2023
N1  - #EA:C071#LA:C071# / 2023 Sep;62(9):1124-1131
AB  - 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.
KW  - Benefit finding (Other)
KW  - cancer survivors (Other)
KW  - health-related quality of life (Other)
KW  - posttraumatic growth (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:37594165
DO  - DOI:10.1080/0284186X.2023.2245560
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/278635
ER  -