Health‐related quality of life in patients with cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma?

Background Little is currently known about health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL), a condition characterized by chronic, pruritic, visible lesions, features which may be uniquely influential. Objective The aim of this study was to establish baseline...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:International journal of dermatology 2018-11, Vol.57 (11), p.1314-1319
Main Authors: Holahan, Heather M., Farah, Ronda S., Fitz, Sara, Mott, Sarah L., Ferguson, Nkanyezi N., McKillip, Julie, Link, Brian, Liu, Vincent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
CD30 antigen
Comorbidity
Emotions
Female
Health
Health Status
Humans
Income
Itching
Lesions
Lymphocytes
Lymphoma
Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic - complications
Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic - drug therapy
Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic - psychology
Male
Mental Disorders - complications
Mental Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
Mycosis
Mycosis fungoides
Mycosis Fungoides - complications
Mycosis Fungoides - drug therapy
Mycosis Fungoides - psychology
Patients
Prospective Studies
Pruritus
Pruritus - etiology
Quality of Life
Sezary syndrome
Sezary Syndrome - complications
Sezary Syndrome - drug therapy
Sezary Syndrome - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Symptom Assessment
T-cell lymphoma
Therapy
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Background Little is currently known about health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL), a condition characterized by chronic, pruritic, visible lesions, features which may be uniquely influential. Objective The aim of this study was to establish baseline HRQoL data for patients with CTCL and identify its influencing factors. Methods Prospective, nonblinded survey design utilizing questionnaires including panels of QoL indices obtained from 105 patients with mycosis fungoides, Sezary syndrome, and CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorder. Chart review correlated QoL with year of disease onset/diagnosis, type/stage of disease, current/past therapies, and medical/psychiatric diagnoses. Results Psychiatric condition was significantly associated with symptoms (P 
ISSN:0011-9059
1365-4632
DOI:10.1111/ijd.14132