Health-Related Quality of Life and Treatment Satisfaction of Patients with Malignant IDH Wild-Type Gliomas and Their Caregivers
(1) Background: Clinical aspects like sex, age, Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) and psychosocial distress can affect the health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and treatment satisfaction of patients with malignant isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type (IDHwt) gliomas and caregivers. (2) Methods: We prospectively investigated the HR-QoL and patient/caregiver treatment satisfaction in a cross-sectional study with univariable and multiple regression analyses. Questionnaires were applied to investigate the HR-QoL (EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-BN20) and treatment satisfaction (EORTC PATSAT-C33). (3) Results: A cohort of 61 patients was investigated. A higher KPS was significantly associated with a better HR-QoL regarding the functional scales of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (<i>p</i> < 0.004) and a lower symptom burden regarding the EORTC QLQ-BN20 (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The patient treatment satisfaction was significantly poorer in the patients older than 60 years in the domain of family involvement (<i>p</i> = 0.010). None of the investigated aspects showed a significant impact on the treatment satisfaction of caregivers. (4) Conclusions: We demonstrated that in patients with IDHwt gliomas, the KPS was the most important predictor for a better HR-QoL in functional domains. Data on the HR-QoL and treatment satisfaction in patients with IDHwt gliomas and their caregivers are rare; therefore, further efforts should be made to improve supportive care in this highly distressed cohort.
Authors
- Andrea Hillberg
- Oliver Kölbl
- Elisabeth Bumes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6915-3206)
- Peter Hau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3894-5053)
- Martin Proescholdt
- Katharina Rosengarth
- Tareq M. Haedenkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0590-8929)
- Anne Herrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8855-4176)
- Anna Fischl
- Michael Gerken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-9303)
- Martin Vogelhuber
- Nils Ole Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-8843)
- Patricia Lindberg-Scharf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0613-9938)
- Markus J. Riemenschneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7658-1022)
- Monika Klinkhammer‐Schalke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5066-2051)
- Tobias Pukrop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8781-8187)
- Ingrid Schön
- Tommaso Araceli
- Michael Koller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-2341)
- Ralf A. Linker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8740-3106)
Institutions
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Oncology
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31100459
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.88