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Quality of life after surgery for intracranial meningioma
Author(s) -
Benz Luke S.,
Wrensch Margaret R.,
Schildkraut Joellen M.,
Bondy Melissa L.,
Warren Joshua L.,
Wiemels Joseph L.,
Claus Elizabeth B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.30975
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , quality of life (healthcare) , vitality , population , telephone interview , gerontology , surgery , environmental health , social science , philosophy , theology , nursing , sociology
BACKGROUND To the authors' knowledge, limited data exist regarding long‐term quality of life (QOL) for patients diagnosed with intracranial meningioma. METHODS The data in the current study concerned 1722 meningioma cases diagnosed among residents of Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, Texas, and North Carolina from May 1, 2006 through March 14, 2013, and 1622 controls who were frequency matched to the cases by age, sex, and geography. These individuals were participants in a large, population‐based, case‐control study. Telephone interviews were used to collect data regarding QOL at the time of initial diagnosis or contact, using the Medical Outcomes Study Short‐Form 36 Health Survey. QOL outcomes were compared by case/control status. RESULTS Patients diagnosed with meningioma reported levels of physical, emotional, and mental health functioning below those reported in a general healthy population. Case participants and controls differed most significantly with regard to the domains of Physical and Social Functioning, Role‐Physical, Role‐Emotional, and Vitality. CONCLUSIONS In the current study, patients with meningioma experienced statistically significant decreases in QOL compared with healthy controls of a similar demographic breakdown, although these differences were found to vary in clinical significance. Cancer 2018;124:161‐6 . © 2017 American Cancer Society .