Long-term chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivors’ quality of life
Aim: A comparative study of the long-term chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivors’ quality of life. Methods and results. One hundred three cumulative clinical events occurred in 45 patients (40,2%). Patients who had cardiovascular events reported significantly worse psychological well-being, gener...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Zaporozhye State Medical University
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal |
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| Online Access: | http://zmj.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/28791/25750 |
| Summary: | Aim: A comparative study of the long-term chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivors’ quality of life.
Methods and results. One hundred three cumulative clinical events occurred in 45 patients (40,2%). Patients who had cardiovascular events reported significantly worse psychological well-being, general health, less vitality and health-related quality of life than patients who had no cardiovascular events. Patients who were not diagnosed cardiovascular events reported better social well-being than patients who were diagnosed cardiovascular events. The observed differences in quality of life were significant only when they were measured with the QOL-CS, and not with the SF-36.
Conclusion. The general health perceptions and vitality levels of chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivors with cardiovascular events remained significantly lower than those of patients without cardiovascular events.
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| ISSN: | 2306-4145 2310-1210 |