TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between balance function and QOL in cancer survivors and healthy subjects
AU - Morishita, Shinichiro
AU - Hirabayashi, Ryo
AU - Tsubaki, Atsuhiro
AU - Aoki, Osamu
AU - Fu, Jack B.
AU - Onishi, Hideaki
AU - Tsuji, Tetsuya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/11/19
Y1 - 2021/11/19
N2 - A previous study reported that cancer survivors exhibit decreased postural stability compared to age-matched controls. Another study showed that cancer survivors have a lower quality of life (QOL) compared to healthy subjects, and there was a significant relationship between muscle strength and QOL in cancer survivors. We aimed to investigate differences in the associations between balance function and QOL in cancer survivors and healthy subjects.Forty-one cancer survivors and 33 healthy subjects were included. Balance function was evaluated using the timed up and go test, and body sway was tested using a force platform. QOL was assessed using the medical outcome study 36-item short-form health survey.Cancer survivors exhibited significantly higher timed up and go and lower QOL than that of healthy subjects (P < .05). There was a significant association between body sway and QOL (P < .05) among cancer survivors. However, healthy subjects had subscales for QOL related to the body sway test parameters more frequently than cancer survivors (P < .05).Cancer survivors' balance function may have little effect on QOL, unlike in healthy subjects.
AB - A previous study reported that cancer survivors exhibit decreased postural stability compared to age-matched controls. Another study showed that cancer survivors have a lower quality of life (QOL) compared to healthy subjects, and there was a significant relationship between muscle strength and QOL in cancer survivors. We aimed to investigate differences in the associations between balance function and QOL in cancer survivors and healthy subjects.Forty-one cancer survivors and 33 healthy subjects were included. Balance function was evaluated using the timed up and go test, and body sway was tested using a force platform. QOL was assessed using the medical outcome study 36-item short-form health survey.Cancer survivors exhibited significantly higher timed up and go and lower QOL than that of healthy subjects (P < .05). There was a significant association between body sway and QOL (P < .05) among cancer survivors. However, healthy subjects had subscales for QOL related to the body sway test parameters more frequently than cancer survivors (P < .05).Cancer survivors' balance function may have little effect on QOL, unlike in healthy subjects.
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U2 - 10.1097/MD.0000000000027822
DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000027822
M3 - Article
C2 - 34797310
AN - SCOPUS:85122111252
SN - 0025-7974
VL - 100
SP - E27822
JO - Medicine (United States)
JF - Medicine (United States)
IS - 46
ER -