Health-related quality of life and psychological distress among cancer survivors in a middle-income country.

Shridevi SubramaniamYek-Ching KongKaruthan ChinnaMerel KimmanYan-Zheng HoNadiah SaatRozita Abdul MalikNur Aishah TaibMatin Mellor AbdullahGerard Chin-Chye LimNor-Saleha Ibrahim TaminYin-Ling WooKian-Meng ChangPik-Pin GohCheng-Har YipNirmala Bhoo Pathy

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2018)

Cancer survivors in this middle-income setting have persistently impaired HRQoL and high levels of psychological distress. Development of a holistic cancer survivorship program addressing wider aspects of well-being is urgently needed in our settings.

Keyphrases

childhood cancer
young adults
physical activity
mental health
sleep quality
papillary thyroid
quality improvement
squamous cell
squamous cell carcinoma
depressive symptoms
lymph node metastasis