7 results match your criteria: "The Netherlands. O.Husson@tilburguniversity.edu[Affiliation]"
The course of fatigue and its correlates in colorectal cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study of the PROFILES registry.
Support Care Cancer
November 2015
Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases (CoRPS), Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Warandelaan 2, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Purpose: Colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors who remain fatigued during long-term follow-up are at risk for worse health outcomes and need relevant interventions most. The aim of this study is to prospectively assess cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and four categories of CRF correlates (clinical characteristics, demographic characteristics, behavior/well-being, functional status).
Methods: CRC survivors diagnosed between 2000 and 2009, as registered in the population-based Eindhoven Cancer Registry, completed the Fatigue Assessment Scale at three annual time points.
Rising incidence, no change in survival and decreasing mortality from thyroid cancer in The Netherlands since 1989.
Endocr Relat Cancer
April 2013
Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Tilburg University, Warandelaan 2, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands.
The incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) is increasing worldwide, partly due to increased detection. We therefore assessed combined trends in incidence, survival and mortality of the various types of TC in The Netherlands between 1989 and 2009. We included all patients ≥15 years with TC, diagnosed in the period 1989-2009 and recorded in The Netherlands Cancer Registry (n=8021).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInformation provision and patient reported outcomes in patients with metastasized colorectal cancer: results from the PROFILES registry.
J Palliat Med
March 2013
CoRPS - Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Background: Patients with metastasized colorectal cancer (mCRC) have different information needs compared with patients with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Appropriate information provision leads to better patient reported outcomes for patients with nonmetastatic disease.
Objective: To measure the perceived level of, and satisfaction with, information received by patients with mCRC as compared with those with nonmetastatic (stage I,II,III) CRC.
Health-related quality of life and disease specific symptoms in long-term thyroid cancer survivors: a study from the population-based PROFILES registry.
Acta Oncol
February 2013
CoRPS - Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
Background: Given the longevity of thyroid cancer patients, any impairment in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during the follow-up period is of considerable concern. Therefore, the first aim of this study was to assess (thyroid cancer specific) HRQoL among long-term thyroid cancer survivors and to compare this with the HRQoL of an age- and sex-matched normative population. Secondly, our aim was to investigate which clinical and socio-demographic characteristics and thyroid cancer specific problems were associated with HRQoL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDevelopment of a disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire (THYCA-QoL) for thyroid cancer survivors.
Acta Oncol
February 2013
Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases (CoRPS), Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
Background: To date, no valid instrument is available that focuses on specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) issues that affect thyroid cancer survivors. The objective of this study was to develop and pretest a thyroid cancer specific HRQoL questionnaire that can be used in addition to the more general European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30).
Material And Methods: Potentially relevant issues were identified by a systematic literature review, a focus group meeting, and an issue list completed by six health care professionals (HCP) and 18 thyroid cancer survivors.
Illness perceptions in cancer survivors: what is the role of information provision?
Psychooncology
March 2013
Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Background: The aim of this study was to provide insight into the relationship between information provision and illness perceptions among cancer survivors.
Methods: All individuals diagnosed with lymphoma, multiple myeloma, endometrial or colorectal cancer between 1998 and 2008, as registered in the Eindhoven Cancer Registry, were eligible for participation. In total, 4446 survivors received a questionnaire including the EORTC-QLQ-INFO25 and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire; 69% responded (n = 3080).
Health-related quality of life among thyroid cancer survivors: a systematic review.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)
October 2011
Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, CoRPS - Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Background: Treatment and follow-up care procedures of thyroid cancer impose great challenges on survivors and could potentially affect their health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Methods: Two authors systematically reviewed the available literature on HRQoL of thyroid cancer survivors. A PubMed literature search for original articles published until February 2011 was performed.