A Systematic Review of the Recent Quality of Life Studies in Adult Extremity Sarcoma Survivors

Table 8

Summary of mental health in extremity sarcoma patients—a reflection from QoL tools.

Reference	QoL tool	Results
Eiser et al. 2001 [17]	SF-36	Mental health subscale comparable to general population
Davis et al. 2002 [18]	SF-36	Mental health subscale comparable to general population but role emotional lower than general population
Refaat et al. 2002 [19]	Self-reported depression or anxiety	Prevalence in cohort of depression (17–26%), anxiety (22–26%)
Rödl et al. 2002 [20]	EORTC QLQ C-30	Mental health subscale comparable to general population
Zahlten-Hinguranage et al. 2004 [21]	EORTC QLQ C-30	Not displayed
Pardasaney et al.; 2006 [11]	Self-reported depression or anxiety	Patients who had above knee amputations were at an increased risk of developing anxiety; otherwise, comparable to general population; prevalence in LSS: depression (30.8%), anxiety (29.2%); prevalence in amputation cohort: depression (17.6%), anxiety (11.8%)
Aksnes et al. 2006 [14]	SF-36	Poor functional subscales significantly correlated with poor emotional role functioning