Poppelreuter, M. and Weis, J. and Kuelz, A. K. and Tucha, Oliver and Lange, Klaus W. and Bartsch, H. H . (2004) Cognitive dysfunction and subjective complaints of cancer patients: a cross-sectional study in a cancer rehabilitation centre. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER, 40 (1). pp. 43-49. ISSN 0959-8049
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Although the neurotoxicity of many anticancer therapies is well documented, the impact of cancer treatment on cognitive functioning has been studied less frequently. The present study examines deficits in cognitive functioning and their correlation with medical data as well as with psychosocial variables. A standardised neuropsychological test battery and several questionnaires were administered to a random sample of 119 patients. 24% of our patients fulfilled our criterion for cognitive impairment. There were no significant associations between the results of the neuropsychological testing and the current affective status or self-reports of attentional deficits in daily life. Cognitive impairment occurs in a clinically relevant percentage of cancer patients and cannot be explained exclusively due to depression or anxiety. Since subjective and objective cognitive impairment data showed little correlation, neuropsychological evaluation should not only be based on subjectively-reported complaints, but also on objective measurements. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BONE-MARROW-TRANSPLANTATION; LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; BREAST-CANCER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC IMPACT; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; IMPAIRMENT; LEUKEMIA; DEFICITS; MEMORY; cancer; psycho-oncology; neurotoxicity; oncological rehabilitation; neuropsychological diagnostics; quality of life |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III (Biologische, Klinische und Rehabilitationspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Klaus W. Lange |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2021 11:42 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2021 11:42 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/38153 |
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