Publications by authors named "T K Brinkman"
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- The study examines patient activation, which refers to the willingness of individuals to manage their health, focusing on childhood cancer survivors and its effect on psychological outcomes and health behaviors.
- Among 2,708 childhood cancer survivors, lower levels of activation were observed compared to the control group, with survivors demonstrating more instances of low activation and fewer high activation levels.
- The results indicate that higher activation is linked to better mental health, quality of life, and adherence to physical activity guidelines, suggesting that enhancing patient activation could provide significant benefits for survivors' overall well-being.
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- A study examined the prevalence of fine motor impairment among adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and its impact on their lives after treatment.
- About 33.6% of survivors showed fine motor impairment, particularly those who had received cranial radiation, with males and those with lower IQ scores being at higher risk.
- Fine motor issues were linked to lower educational attainment and less social independence, suggesting that these impairments can significantly affect survivors' ability to lead fulfilling lives.
Background: Few studies have investigated the relationship between neighborhood vulnerability and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in the childhood cancer population. This study evaluated the impact of neighborhood vulnerability on HRQOL among adult survivors of childhood cancer.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 4393 adult survivors of childhood cancer from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.
Purpose: Clear prognostic communication is associated with improvements in quality of life and suffering for children with advanced illness. Yet recent evidence demonstrates that pediatric oncologists often avoid, defer, or soften prognostic disclosure. We aimed to describe pediatric cancer shareholder perspectives on quality prognostic communication to inform design of an intervention to improve prognostic disclosure in advanced childhood cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Perceived cancer impact (PCI) is the degree to which one feels cancer has impacted one's life. It is unknown if PCI is associated with health behaviors. The aim of this study is to determine associations between PCI and health behaviors in childhood cancer survivors.
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