Quality of life factors in young patients with uveal melanoma after surgical treatment

Abstract

Purpose: to characterize the quality of life (QOL) of young patients with uveal melanoma (UM) after surgical treatment. Materials and methods. 23 patients with UM aged 11 to 25 (mean age 21±4,1 years, 11 females, 12 males) were surveyed on the issue. Of these, 17 people received eye-preserving treatment while 6 patients underwent enucleation. The survey, taken 9-110 months (Me=36) after treatment start, used a generic 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) for cancer patients. Results. The average values of QOL parameters in young UM patients exceed those of healthy people in the population in most scales of the questionnaire. The patient’s sex and treatment type had no effect on the QOL, which was found to improve after eye-preserving treatment during the first year. Statistically significant differences were obtained for scales GH (p=0,043), FF (p=0,042), VT (p=0,043) and PH (p = 0,039). Conclusions. The obtained results testify to high adaptive capacities of UM patients as regards their physical and emotional state caused by eye cancer // Russian Ophthalmological Journal, 2016; 3: 61-5 doi: 10.21516/2072-0076-2016-9-3-61-65.

Keywords

• увеальная меланома
• качество жизни
• опросник
• энуклеация
• органосохранное лечение
• uveal melanoma
• quality of life
• questionnaire
• enucleation
• eye-preserving treatment