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Article: Quality of life and pain in Chinese lung cancer patients: Is optimism a moderator or mediator?

TitleQuality of life and pain in Chinese lung cancer patients: Is optimism a moderator or mediator?
Authors
KeywordsLung cancer
Mediation
Optimism
Pain
Quality of life
Issue Date2007
PublisherSpringer Verlag Dordrecht. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0962-9343
Citation
Quality Of Life Research, 2007, v. 16 n. 1, p. 53-63 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: To clarify if optimism exerts a primarily moderating or mediating influence on the pain-QoL association in Chinese lung cancer patients. Methods: About 334 Chinese lung cancer patients were interviewed at baseline during the first outpatient visit (Baseline), at 4 months after Baseline (FU1), and at 8 months after Baseline (FU2). Respondents completed the Chinese version of the FACT-G version-3 scale (FACT-G (Ch)). Optimism and pain were assessed using two 11-point self-rated items. Linear mixed effects (LME) models tested the moderating and mediating effects of optimism on QoL. Results: Optimism, pain, and QoL were most strongly correlated at FU1. LME models failed to show any moderating effect by optimism on the pain-QoL association (standardized β = -0.049, 95% CI -0.097 to 0.001). After adjustment for age, cancer stage, and disease recurrence, a modest mediating effect was observed for optimism on the pain-QoL association over the duration of the study (standardized β = 0.047; Sobel test z = -4.317, p<0.001). Conclusions: Optimism qualifies as a mediator between pain and QoL suggesting that pessimistic lung cancer patients are likely to experience greater QoL decrements in response to pain in the early post-diagnostic period. Effective pain control may be enhanced by inclusion of interventions that facilitate optimistic perspectives in patients. This study lends further support to the view that lung cancer patients' psychological needs are important in both pain control and QoL. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86934
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.299
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dc.contributor.authorWong, WSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFielding, Ren_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:23:08Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:23:08Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_HK
dc.identifier.citationQuality Of Life Research, 2007, v. 16 n. 1, p. 53-63en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0962-9343en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86934-
dc.description.abstractObjective: To clarify if optimism exerts a primarily moderating or mediating influence on the pain-QoL association in Chinese lung cancer patients. Methods: About 334 Chinese lung cancer patients were interviewed at baseline during the first outpatient visit (Baseline), at 4 months after Baseline (FU1), and at 8 months after Baseline (FU2). Respondents completed the Chinese version of the FACT-G version-3 scale (FACT-G (Ch)). Optimism and pain were assessed using two 11-point self-rated items. Linear mixed effects (LME) models tested the moderating and mediating effects of optimism on QoL. Results: Optimism, pain, and QoL were most strongly correlated at FU1. LME models failed to show any moderating effect by optimism on the pain-QoL association (standardized β = -0.049, 95% CI -0.097 to 0.001). After adjustment for age, cancer stage, and disease recurrence, a modest mediating effect was observed for optimism on the pain-QoL association over the duration of the study (standardized β = 0.047; Sobel test z = -4.317, p<0.001). Conclusions: Optimism qualifies as a mediator between pain and QoL suggesting that pessimistic lung cancer patients are likely to experience greater QoL decrements in response to pain in the early post-diagnostic period. Effective pain control may be enhanced by inclusion of interventions that facilitate optimistic perspectives in patients. This study lends further support to the view that lung cancer patients' psychological needs are important in both pain control and QoL. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag Dordrecht. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0962-9343en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofQuality of Life Researchen_HK
dc.subjectLung cancer-
dc.subjectMediation-
dc.subjectOptimism-
dc.subjectPain-
dc.subjectQuality of life-
dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAffecten_HK
dc.subject.meshAgeden_HK
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and overen_HK
dc.subject.meshAsian Continental Ancestry Groupen_HK
dc.subject.meshAttitudeen_HK
dc.subject.meshCarcinoma - complications - psychologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshChinaen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshLung Neoplasms - complications - psychologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.subject.meshPain - etiology - psychologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshPain Measurementen_HK
dc.subject.meshQuality of Lifeen_HK
dc.titleQuality of life and pain in Chinese lung cancer patients: Is optimism a moderator or mediator?en_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailFielding, R:fielding@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11136-006-9106-zen_HK
dc.identifier.pmid17091368-
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dc.identifier.volume16en_HK
dc.identifier.issue1en_HK
dc.identifier.spage53en_HK
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dc.publisher.placeNetherlandsen_HK
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