An innovative, internet-based assessment of financial toxicity (FT), psychological distress, and quality of life (QOL) in ovarian cancer survivors (OCS).

Authors

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Fay J. Hlubocky

UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

Fay J. Hlubocky , Jeffery Peppercorn , Karen Young , Sandra Cord , Kristen Wroblewski , Seiko Diane Yamada , David Cella , Nita Karnik Lee , Christopher Daugherty

Organizations

UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Research Funding

Other
UCCCC Women's Board

Background: FT is recognized as a significant predictor of stress for OCS on treatment yet little is known about its impact during long-time survivorship. Using an innovative, internet-based design, we assessed the prevalence of FT, psychological distress, and QOL among OCS. Methods: OCS members from the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) completed this web-based assessment using the following measures: COmprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST); Hospital Anxiety/Depression Scale (HADSA/D); and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Ovarian (FACIT-O/QOL). Clinical/socio-demographic data were collected. COST-FT severity was categorized into low FT/high FT and the correlation (r) between COST scores and self-reported QOL and distress was conducted. Results: A total of 146/300 (49% ) NOCC subjects were approached for study participation and completed the FT, distress, QOL web-based assessment. Demographics include: median age 59y (range 32-83y); 92.5% Caucasian, 64.4% married/domestic partnership; 59.6% Stage III-IV cancer-diagnosis; median disease duration 6y (range < 1-34y); 50% employed full/part-time; 54.8% college/post-graduate education; and 71.9% completed treatment. Median COST score for the total population was 27 (range: 1–44). The median score in the low FT tertile was 16 (range: 1-22), while the high FT median score was 31 (range: 23-44). High FT respondents rated their HADS-anxiety (8.3 ± 4.9 v. 6.2 ± 3.5, p = 0.002); HADS-depression (5.3 ± 4.2 v. 3.1 ± 3.0, p = 0.004); and overall FACT-O/QOL (99.8 ± 23.6 v. 118.7 ± 19.5; p = 0.001) as significantly worse compared to low FT respondents. Significant moderate correlations between COST and FACT-O/QOL (r = -0.52; p < 0.001), HADS-anxiety (r = 0.4, p < 0.001), and HADS-depression (r = 0.44, p < 0.001) were identified. Older age was associated with less FT (r = -0.30, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Innovative methods of FT evaluation, e.g. using advocacy groups (NOCC) and internet-based assessment, is feasible, and may offer new ways to follow the distress of long term survivor cohorts. Our study data reveal that FT impacts OCS QOL and distress.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Symptoms and Survivorship

Track

Symptom Science and Palliative Care

Sub Track

Psychosocial and Communication Research

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e24168)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e24168

Abstract #

e24168

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