%0 Journal Article
%T Health-related quality of life in hemato-oncology patients: role of informativeness and doctor-patient communication.
%A Sremić S
%A Brajković L
%A Kopilaš V
%J Health Psychol Res
%V 12
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 38808226
暂无%R 10.52965/001c.117643
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The patient's information about the disease and doctor-patient communication are both constructs whose importance is emphasized in the theory, but much less frequently researched and used in the practice.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>This study aimed to determine whether certain facets of health-related quality of life of hemato-oncology patients in Croatia could be predicted based on patients' sociodemographic data, the disease's determinants, the patients' information about their disease and the quality of doctor-patient communication.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>60 women and 54 men with diagnoses of both leukemia and lymphoma have participated in filling out questionnaires. The survey consisted of a sociodemographic questionnaire, EORTC QLQ-C30(version 3), EORTC QLQ-INFO25 and the Doctor-Patient Communication Questionnaire.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Patients' sociodemographic data, the disease's determinants, the patients' information about their disease and the quality of doctor-patient communication predicted 26.8 % variance of global health status (F = 2.756, p \< .01), 35.7% variance of physical functioning (F = 4.196, p \< .01), 23.3% variance of role functioning (F = 2.291, p \< .05), 29.9% variance of emotional functioning (F = 3.215, p \< .01) and 27.9% of social functioning (F = 2.881, p \< .01). Predictors that significantly contributed to the change in variance of health-related quality of life were age, duration of diagnosis, the existence of comorbidity, frequency of hospitalization, talking with the psychologist after getting the diagnosis and information.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The study offers valuable insights into an under-researched patient population and a better understanding of their health-related quality of life. The results indicate the importance of information that can be implemented in everyday clinical practice, and pave the way for further research on doctor-patient communication.