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With the aim of evaluating the quality of life (QL) of 101 brain tumor patients, a multidimensional approach was adopted, using the Functional Living Index -Cancer (FLIC) as a global measure of well-being, the Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) and the Index of Independence in Activity of Daily Living (ADL) as indices of physical and functional dimensions, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SRDS) for psychological assessment, and neuropsychological tests for abstract reasoning, attention, memory and frontal lobe functions. The patients were grouped on the grounds of disease stage and treatment. The FLIC and KPS ratings increased from the patients who had just undergone surgery to patients who were disease-free after completing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, thus showing that the QL may improve during the disease despite aggressive treatments, providing there is no tumor recurrence. However, only the FLIC consistently discriminated the patients' stratification. The ADL revealed no between-group differences, whereas the STA1 and SRDS revealed the presence of emotional troubles at the beginning and at the end of treatment. Cognitive impairmen

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Author

Anna Rita Giovagnoli; Marcello Tamburini; Amerigo Boiardi

Publisher

Springer US; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0167-594X)

Published

1996

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)