Symptoms of anxiety and depression among colorectal cancer survivors from the population-based, longitudinal PROFILES Registry: Prevalence, predictors, and impact on quality of life.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to prospectively assess symptoms of anxiety and depression among survivors of colorectal cancer (CRC), to compare these survivors with a normative population, and to identify subgroups at risk for experiencing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression across a 4-year time period. Also, the impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was studied. METHODS:The population-based Eindhoven Cancer Registry was used to select patients diagnosed with CRC between 2000 and 2009. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (HRQOL) were completed by patients in 2010 (n = 2625 [73% response rate]), 2011, 2012, and 2013 and by an age- and sex-matched normative sam

SUBMITTER: Mols F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033166 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature