Quality of life and psycho-emotional wellbeing in bladder cancer patients and their caregivers: a comparative analysis between urostomy versus ileal orthotopic neobladder
Marianna Masiero, Derna Busacchio, Paolo Guiddi, Paola Arnaboldi, Gennaro Musi, Ottavio De Cobelli, Florence Didier, Gabriella Pravettoni
Abstract
BACKGROUND: ', influencing emotional reactions in bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy. METHODS: = 67.29 years; SD = 9.23) (16.9% (65) were female and 82.9% (319) were male) and their caregivers were enrolled. Data were collected prospectively: at T0 (1 month before the surgery), at T1 (2 weeks after the surgery, at patient discharge from the hospital) and at T2 (6-month follow-up). At each time point (T0, T1 and T2), a set of questionnaires (EORT QLQ-C30 and emotion thermometer) were given to patients and their caregivers. RESULTS: < 0.001) and global health (p < 0.001). Similar trends were observed at T1 and T2. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that patients and their caregiver's emotional reactions to cancer are deep-rooted and strongly interconnected, and they provide innovative insights for the clinical management of bladder cancer patients.