Hemispheric tumor location and the impact on health-related quality of life, symptomatology, and functional performance outcomes in patients with glioma: an exploratory cross-sectional study.

Conclusions The hemispheric location of a glial-cell brain tumor has no consequence for health-related quality of life at the beginning of chemo-radiation treatments. However, findings of tumor-location dependent conditions of communication, headache, patients' ability to perform executive functions, and fatigue should be considered in rehabilitation situations when designing an intervention to potentially improve executive functions and relieve the symptoms. Implications for rehabilitation It is unclear if laterality impact glioma patients health-related quality of life and functional performance, which might implicate differentiated rehabilitation interventions. The hemispheric location of a glial-cell brain tumor has no consequence for the health-related quality of life at the beginning of chemo-radiation, following surgery. Tumor-location dependent conditions of communication, headache, fatigue, and patients' ability to perform executive functions should be considered when designing an intervention to improve executive functions and symptom-relieve. In rehabilitation interventions, tumor laterality is not a factor that needs to be considered before recommending aerobic training to improve the functional capacity of patients with glioma. PMID: 31553622 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research