Abstract
The impact of change in health behaviors (physical activity [PA], alcohol and smoking) on quality of life (QOL) in lymphoma survivors is not well understood. We evaluated the associations of health behaviors with QOL domains at diagnosis and at 3-year follow-up (FU3) in 2805 lymphoma survivors. We report clinically significant QOL score differences, defined as scores that exceeded a minimally important difference threshold and were statistically significant. Current smoking was associated with lower QOL at baseline (p < 0.01) and at FU3 (p < 0.01). Meeting the American Cancer Society PA guidelines was associated with better functional wellbeing and overall QOL at FU3 (p < 0.01). An increase in PA from baseline to FU3 was associated with improvement in physical, functional wellbeing and overall QOL at FU3 compared to baseline (p < 0.01). Thus, QOL in lymphoma survivors is associated with their health behaviors and active interventions to promote positive lifestyle changes in lymphoma survivors are needed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 271-280 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Leukemia and Lymphoma |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Lymphoma and Hodgkin disease
- lymphoid leukemia
- prognostication
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Cancer Research