Publication: Environment, lifestyle behavior and health-related quality of life in childhood and adolescent cancer survivors of extracranial malignancies
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Cárceles Álvarez, Alberto ; Ortega García, Juan A. ; López Hernández, Fernando A. ; Fuster Soler, José L. ; Sanz Monllor, Ainara ; Ramis, Rebeca ; Claudio, Luz
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109910
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©2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This document is the Published Work that appeared in final form in Environmental Research. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109910
Abstract
Background: Childhood cancer is a chronic disease with high survival rates. Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) can still face health effects later in their lives. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the factors that modify it allow CCS and their families to improve care in the long-term follow-up. This study aims to: (1) examine the differences in HRQoL between CCS of extracranial malignancies and a comparison group, and (2) explore the clinical, environmental and lifestyles factors implicated in the HRQoL of CCS.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study with a case vs. non-case comparison, the HRQoL of 117 CCS between 8 and 18 years old was compared with healthy non-cases paired by sex and age. The Pediatric Environmental History (PEHis) was applied to obtain information on sociodemographic, clinical, environmental and lifestyle factors. The PedsQL(TM) Generic Core Scales questionnaire was used to evaluate HRQoL.
Results: In the multivariate analysis among the CCS, the following variables were significantly associated with HRQoL: Poor outdoor air quality (Total, Psychosocial, Emotional, Social and School domains); household income (Total, Psychosocial and School domains); and the presence of late effects (Total, Physical, Psychosocial, and Social domains); regular contact with nature (Physical domain); and the daily hours of screen-time (Emotional domain). CCS present HRQoL results superior to the non-cases group in the physical domain (86.10 vs. 80.34; p = 0.001), finding no differences in the other domains evaluated.
Conclusions: An environmental and community health approach, such as PEHis, in CCS long-term programs promoting the creation of healthier environments and lifestyles contributes to improving their HRQoL and secondarily other chronic diseases.
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Environmental Research, 189, 2020, 109910
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