quality of life

Cognitive Functioning and Psychosocial Outcomes in Adults with Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Cross-sectional Pilot Study

Authors: Charlotte E Verrall, Derek L Tran, Nadine A Kasparian, Tracey Williams, Vincent Oxenham, Julian Ayer, David S Celermajer, Rachael L Cordina

Journal: Pediatric Cardiology

Year Published: 2024

Adults with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) are at risk for cognitive dysfunction. However, associations between cognitive dysfunction and psychosocial outcomes are poorly defined. Between June and November 2022, we prospectively recruited 39 adults with complex […]

Cognitive Profile and Relationship with Quality of Life and Psychosocial Functioning in Mood Disorders

Authors: Robson Zazula, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Seetal Dodd, Olivia M Dean, Michael Berk, Heber Odebrecht Vargas, Sandra Odebrecht Vargas Nunes

Journal: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Year Published: 2022

Background: Comparisons between healthy controls (HCs) and individuals with mood disorders have shown more cognitive dysfunction among the latter group, in particular in bipolar disorder (BD). This study aimed to characterize the pattern of cognitive function […]

Health-Related Quality of Life: Longitudinal Analysis From the Time of Breast Biopsy Into the Post-treatment Period

Authors: Michael J Boivin, Alla Sikorskii, Pamela Haan, Stephanie S Smith, Laura L Symonds, Ravindra Khattree, Bruno Giordani, Adrian J Blow, Janet R Osuch

Journal: Frontiers in Global Women's Health

Year Published: 2021

Background: The physical, psychological, social, and spiritual quality of life (QoL) may be affected by breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, with mixed findings for psychological quality of life and cognitive ability performance. The present study aimed […]

The impact of chemotherapy on cognitive function: A multicentre prospective cohort study in testicular cancer

Authors: Hayley S. Whitford, Pawel Kalinowski, Adrian Schembri, Peter Grimison, Martin Stockler, Andrew Martin, Guy C. Toner, Ian D. Davis, Paul Maruff, Ian N. Olver, For the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group

Journal: Supportive Care in Cancer

Year Published: 2019

Purpose: The causal link between chemotherapy and cognitive impairment is unclear. We studied testicular cancer patients’ objective and subjective cognitive function longitudinally, comparing a surgery group with a surgery + chemotherapy group, addressing prior methodological issues […]

Cognitive Function and Quality of Life in Vorinostat-Treated Patients after Matched Unrelated Donor Myeloablative Conditioning Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Authors: Flora Hoodin, Leah LaLonde, Josh Errickson, Kristen Votruba, Rachel Kentor, Erin Gatza, Pavan Reddy, Sung Won Choi

Journal: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Year Published: 2019

Myeloablative conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) puts patients at greater risk for significant cognitive and quality of life decline compared with recipients of reduced-intensity conditioning or autologous HCT. Vorinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, has been […]

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