Financial Distress and Its Associations With Physical and Emotional Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Advanced Cancer Patients

Omar Delgado-Guay, Marvin; Ferrer, Jeanette; G. Rieber, Alyssa; Rhondali, Wadih; Tayjasanant, Supakarn; Ochoa, Jewel; Cantu, Hilda; B. Chisholm, Gary; L. Williams, Janet; Frisbee‐Hume, Susan; Bruera, Éduardo

doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0026

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Financial Distress and Its Associations With Physical and Emotional Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Advanced Cancer Patients

Published in The Oncologist • Jul 23, 2015

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Marvin Omar Delgado-Guay

Jeanette Ferrer

Alyssa G. Rieber

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There are limited data on the effects of financial distress (FD) on overall suffering and quality of life (QOL) of patients with advanced cancer (AdCa). In this cross-sectional study, we examined the frequency of FD and its correlates in AdCa. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We interviewed 149 pati...

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Interquartile range

Medicine

Psychosocial

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