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

Table 9

Summary of mental health in extremity sarcoma patients—a reflection from IES, BSI (GSI), and HADS.

Reference	Tool	Results
Thijssens et al. 2006 [23]	IES; RAND-36	Prevalence of PTSD in cohort: 12.2%; RAND-36 emotional subscale scores were comparable to reference population
Weiner et al. 2006 [24]	IES; BSI	77% of cohort displayed psychological distress
Paredes et al. 2011 [27]	HADS; (distress represented by moderate to severe scores)	Overall prevalence of anxiety: 24.6%, depression: 13.7%