[Quality of life in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer].
OBJECTIVE
To assess health-related quality of life of adolescent survivors of childhood cancer, compared to adolescent's health-related quality of life who had no history of cancer.


METHODS
A total of 372 adolescents aged between 14 and 19 years, 34 cancer survivors and a comparison group of 338 peers without a history of cancer, were assessed. All of them filled in the SF-12v(2) in a cross-sectional study.


RESULTS
Survivors revealed significantly higher mean values compared to the normative group for the Mental Component Scale (MCS) from the SF-12v(2) (52,60 vs. 47,85; p=0,004; IC 95%, -7,9--1,6). No significant differences between groups were found for the Physical Component Scale (PCS), even though adolescent survivors of childhood cancer showed higher mean scores (54,03 vs. 52,72).


CONCLUSIONS
Adolescent cancer survivors showed a satisfactory quality of life (mean scores around the normative values), and, specifically, they reported greater perception of psychological wellbeing compared to peers.
Castellano
Carmina
C
Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Evolutiva i de la Educació, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.carmina.castellano@uab.cat
Blasco
Tomás
T
Oller
Albert
A
Pérez-Campdepadrós
Marta
M
Sánchez De Toledo
José
J
Capdevila
Lluís
L
D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms; D011788:Quality of Life; D017741:Survivors; D055815:Young Adult