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Financial Toxicity in Cancer Patients Treated with Radiotherapy in Germany - a Cross-sectional Study

Alexander FabianJustus DomschikowskiWolfgang GreinerGunnar BockelmannElias KarstenAlexander RühleNils NicolayAnca-Ligia GrosuJürgen DunstDavid Krug

出版	Universität, 2022
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nAijzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Abstract: Purpose
Financial toxicity arises in cancer patients from subjective financial distress due to objective financial burden from the disease or treatment. Financial toxicity associates with worse outcomes. It has not been described in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy in Germany and its publicly funded health system. In this context, we therefore investigated the prevalence of financial toxicity, associated risk factors, and patient preferences on communication of financial burden.

Methods
We conducted a preregistered (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KH6VX) cross-sectional study surveying patients at the end of their course of radiotherapy in two institutions. Objective financial burden was assessed by direct costs and loss of income. Financial toxicity was measured by subjective financial distress per EORTC QLQ-C30. We used Spearman's correlation and Fisher's exact test for univariate analysis, an ordinal regression for multivariate analysis. A p-value 0.05 was considered statistically significant.brbrResultsbrOf the 100 patients participating in the study, 68% reported direct costs, 25% loss of income, and 31% subjective financial distress. Per univariate analysis, higher subjective financial distress was significantly associated with active employment, lower quality of life, lower household income, higher direct costs, and higher loss of income. The latter three factors remained statistically significant in the multivariate analysis. A relative majority of the patients welcomed communication regarding financial burden with their radiation oncologist.brbrConclusion