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JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
卷 57, 期 5, 页码 909-922出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.02.002
关键词
Symptoms; symptom clusters; lung cancer; chemotherapy; exploratory factor analysis; symptom occurrence; symptom severity
资金
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) [CA134900]
- NCI [CA168960]
Context. Patients with lung cancer who undergo chemotherapy (CTX) experience multiple symptoms. Evaluation of how these symptoms cluster together and how these symptom clusters change over time are salient questions in symptom clusters research. Objectives. The purposes of this analysis, in a sample of patients with lung cancer (n = 145) who were receiving CTX, were to 1) evaluate for differences in the number and types of symptom clusters at three time points (i.e., before their next cycle of CTX, the week after CTX, and two weeks after CTX) using ratings of symptom occurrence and severity and 2) evaluate for changes in these symptom clusters over time. Methods. At each assessment, a modified version of the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale was used to assess the occurrence and severity of 38 symptoms. Exploratory factor analyses were used to extract the symptom clusters. Results. Across the two symptom dimensions (i.e., occurrence and severity) and the three assessments, six distinct symptom clusters were identified; however, only three of these clusters (i.e., lung cancer specific, psychological, nutritional) were relatively stable across both dimensions and across time. Two additional clusters varied by time but not by symptom dimension (i.e., epithelial/gastrointestinal and epithelial). A sickness behavior cluster was identified at each assessment with the exception of the week before CTX using only the severity dimension. Conclusion. Findings provide insights into the most common symptom clusters in patients with lung cancer undergoing CTX. Most common symptoms within each cluster appear to be relatively stable across the two dimensions, as well as across time. (C) 2019 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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