Anxiety and depression in young adult German cancer patients: Time course and associated factors.

Objective: Cancer in young adulthood is a nonnormative and critical life event. The experience of having cancer can have a strong impact on the mental health of young adults. This study investigated anxiety and depression in young adult cancer patients, examining changes over time and determining associated factors.

Unmet supportive care needs in young adult cancer patients: associations and changes over time. Results from the AYA-Leipzig study.

Purpose: Coping with cancer at a young adult age (AYA) is a challenge for many patients and raises support needs. We aim to examine unmet supportive care needs and to investigate predictors of and changes in unmet needs over time.

Methods: We surveyed AYAs (18-39 years at time of diagnosis, diagnosis < 4 years) at two time points (t2 = 12 months after t1) using the Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS-SF34) among other validated measures.

Cancer-Related Fatigue and Associated Factors in Young Adult Cancer Patients.

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a highly burdensome and long-lasting symptom of cancer and its therapy. This study aims to examine the severity of CRF in its different dimensions and to assess medical and sociodemographic factors associated with CRF in young adults with cancer (adolescents and young adults [AYAs]). Patients with malignant cancer (diagnosed within the last 4 years) aged 18-39 years at diagnosis were assessed.

Recruiting young adult cancer patients: Experiences and sample characteristics from a 12-month longitudinal study.

Purpose: Studies among young adult cancer patients are necessary to improve their psychosocial care situation. However, achieving high response rates in this group is challenging. This study focused on the psychosocial life and supportive care situation of young adult cancer patients, and reports the recruitment and retention strategies, sample characteristics and preferences.

Life satisfaction in young adults with cancer and the role of sociodemographic, medical, and psychosocial factors: Results of a longitudinal study.

Background: Being diagnosed with and treated for cancer often has a strong impact on the life satisfaction (LS) of adolescents and young adults (AYAs). The current study investigated LS in AYA patients with cancer and determined associated factors.

Methods: Young patients (those aged 18-39 years at the time of diagnosis) with all malignant cancer sites and with a diagnosis made within the last 4 years were assessed.

Psychometric properties of the fatigue questionnaire EORTC QLQ-FA12 and proposal of a cut-off value for young adults with cancer.

Background: Young adult patients with cancer have to deal with their disease in an eventful phase of life. A common side effect of cancer and its treatment is cancer-related fatigue (CRF), a phenomenon which can thwart successful coping with developmental tasks. The aims of this study were to assess the psychometric properties of the EORTC QLQ-FA12, a new instrument for assessing physical, emotional and cognitive fatigue, in young adults with cancer, and to propose a cut-off value that indicates a need for further more specific diagnostics.

[Cancer and Career? - A Qualitative Study of Job Status of Young Adult Cancer Survivors].

To examine the impact of cancer on work and education for AYA. Collect information about AYA's return to work/return to study. 18 AYA (10 female) aged 18 to 39 (m=27 years) at time of diagnosis completed a semi-structured interview.

How do young adults with cancer perceive social support? A qualitative study.

The social support of adolescents and young adults (AYA) has been studied very little. 18 interviews were conducted and evaluated with content analysis (inter-rater reliability = 0.87).

Life situation and psychosocial care of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients - study protocol of a 12-month prospective longitudinal study.

Background: In recent years, there has been an increased research focus on adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients. Few longitudinal studies have taken into consideration the specifics of their life situation and the status of psychosocial care services for this population. Our ongoing study aims to determine the psychosocial life and supportive care situation of AYA cancer patients, to describe risk groups, and to develop recommendations for their psycho-oncological care and support.