Ó Springer 2006
Quality of Life Research (2006) 15:1565–1570 DOI 10.1007/s11136-006-0016-x
Associations of Functional Status and Depressive Symptoms with Health-related Quality of Life in Cancer Patients M. Pinquart1, A. Koch2, B. Eberhardt3, C. Brix4, U. Wedding5 & B. Ro¨hrig5 1 Department of Developmental Psychology and Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich Schiller University, Steiger 3/1, D-07743, Jena, Germany (E-mail:
[email protected]); 2Hospital of Psychiatry, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; 3Department of Biological and Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; 4Department of Medical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; 5Hospital of Internal Medicine II, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany Accepted in revised form 4 May 2006
Abstract Associations of functional status (as measured with the Karnofsky Index), depressive symptoms (as assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory), and sociodemographic characteristics with health-related quality of life (HrQoL; measured with the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire QLQ-C30) were assessed in 170 recently diagnosed cancer patients. A better functional status (p
