Association Between Frailty and Patients' Experience of Cancer Treatment and Care
Frailty was associated with lower perceived quality of care and higher decision regret following cancer treatment but not with differences in decision-making roles. Further research is warranted to understand the mechanisms underlying these associations to improve care experiences for older adults with cancer.
Authors
- Taito Esaki
- Hyman B. Muss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2862-9970)
- Mototsugu Shimokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8140-4565)
- Tomohiro F. Nishijima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3773-7762)
- Kohei Arimizu
- Masaru Morita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-2427)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Yamaguchi University (JP)
- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70157
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00