年龄对癌症患者财务毒性的影响
Lingling Wang1,2, Ruiqi Sun3, Lidan Tian3
1Center for Health Policy and Management Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
|September 2, 2024
概括
在中国,年轻的癌症患者经历的金融毒性 (FT) 比老年人少. 这项研究强调了有针对性的干预措施的必要性,以支持在癌症治疗期间面临财务负担的所有年龄组.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 老年医学 老年医学
背景情况:
- 金融毒性 (FT) 显著影响癌症患者的生活质量.
- 了解FT中与年龄相关的差异对于制定有效的支持策略至关重要.
- 之前的研究还没有全面评估FT在中国的不同年龄人口统计数据.
研究的目的:
- 评估和比较中国年轻 (<40岁),中年 (40-64岁) 和老年 (≥65岁) 癌症患者的金融毒性 (FT) 水平.
- 确定不同年龄组FT相关的人口和临床因素.
- 为在癌症护理中减轻FT的目标干预措施的开发提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在中国对556名癌症患者进行的横截面调查.
- 使用金融毒性综合评分 (COST) 对FT的评估.
- 包括ANOVA和多变量线性回归在内的统计分析,以比较FT水平并确定跨年龄组的相关因素.
主要成果:
- 较年轻的患者 (<40岁) 报告平均COST分数显著更高,这表明与中年和老年患者相比,财务毒性较低.
- 年轻患者的平均FT分数为16.7,中年患者为12.8,老年患者为12.4.
- 对于老年患者来说,教育水平和保险类型是COST分数的重要预测因素.
结论:
- 这项研究为中国癌症患者的特定年龄金融毒性提供了经验证据.
- 调查结果强调,需要针对性干预和政策,以减轻不同年龄人口的财务负担.
- 建议进行进一步的纵向研究,以探索FT对癌症患者福祉的长期影响.
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