Distress in soft‐tissue sarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumours patients—Results of a German multicentre observational study (PROSa)

Objective Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are a group of rare malignant tumours with a high and heterogenous disease burden. As evidence is scarce, we analysed the prevalence of increased emotional distress and identified distress‐associated factors in these pa...

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Published in:Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2022-10, Vol.31 (10), p.1700-1710
Main Authors: Eichler, Martin, Hentschel, Leopold, Singer, Susanne, Hornemann, Beate, Hohenberger, Peter, Kasper, Bernd, Andreou, Dimosthenis, Pink, Daniel, Jakob, Jens, Arndt, Karin, Kirchberg, Johanna, Richter, Stephan, Bornhäuser, Martin, Schmitt, Jochen, Schuler, Markus K.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
cancer
depression
Disability pensions
Emotional distress
Gastrointestinal cancer
GIST
Health care
Health psychology
Limbs
Lower limbs
Malignant
Medical diagnosis
Mental depression
Newly diagnosed
Observational studies
Oncology
PHQ‐4
Psychological distress
psycho‐oncology
Remission (Medicine)
Sarcoma
Social factors
soft tissue sarcoma
Tumors
Unemployed people
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Summary:Objective Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are a group of rare malignant tumours with a high and heterogenous disease burden. As evidence is scarce, we analysed the prevalence of increased emotional distress and identified distress‐associated factors in these patients. Methods The PROSa‐study (Burden and medical care of sarcoma) was conducted between 2017 and 2020 in 39 study centres. Cross‐sectional data from adult STS and GIST patients were analysed. Distress was measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ‐4). The relation of socioeconomic and clinical factors with distress was explored in adjusted logistic regression models. Results Among 897 patients, 17% reported elevated anxiety and 19% reported depression. Unemployed patients (odds ratio [OR] 6.6; 95% CI 2.9–15.0), and those with a disability pension (OR 3.1; 95% CI 1.9–5.0) were more likely to experience distress compared to employed patients. Also, patients with a disability pass had higher odds of increased distress than those without (OR 1.8; 95% CI 1.2–2.7). Lowest distress was observed in patients 2 to
ISSN:1057-9249
1099-1611
DOI:10.1002/pon.6009