A Critical Review of the Impact of Sarcoma on Psychosocial Wellbeing

Table 6

Comparison to a reference value^1,2.

First author	Quality of life^3	Domains^3
Veenstra et al. [101]	−^4	PF, RP
Eiser et al. [44]	−^4	PF, RP, SF, vitality, pain, GH
Malo et al. [64]	−^4	PF, RP
Rodl et al. [85]	=
Koopman et al. [61]	−(1997); +(2002)	MF, autonomy; Cognition, SF, NE
Gerber et al. [51]	=
Hoffmann et al. [59]	=
Thijssens et al. [99]	−^3	PF, RP
Aksnes et al. [29]	−
Bekkering et al. [34]	−; +	PCS; MCS
Paredes et al. [74]	^4-	PF, RP, GH, SF
Barrera et al. [31]	^5
Forni et al. [49]	−^4; +	PF; MH
Reichardt et al. [82]	ns
Sun et al. [95]	ns
Liu et al. [63]	−
van Riel et al. [100]	−	PWB, autonomy, SE, SS
Gradl et al. [53]	+^4	RS, MH, vitality
Fidler et al. [48]	−
Edelmann et al. [43]	−^4	PF, GH
Leiser et al. [62]	=
Weiner et al. [103]	=
Fernandez-Pineda et al. [47]	−	PCS
Podleska et al. [78]	=
Ranft et al. [81]	−	PCS

GH: global health; MCS: mental component score; MF: motor function; MH: mental health; NE: negative emotion; ns: significance not specified; PCS: physical component score; PF: physical function; PWB: physical wellbeing; RP: role-physical; RS: role-social; SE: school environment; SF: social function; SS: social support/peers. ¹Minus (−): poorer in comparison; plus (+): better; equals (=): no difference. ²Reference values either supplied with the measure or collected from noncancer controls as part of the study. ³Result based on overall or summary scores; if these were not provided, result at domain score level was provided (QLQ-C30 functional scales only). ⁴Total and/or summary scores can be calculated with the measure used, but this was not reported. ⁵Three quality of life measures used, all giving different results.