An update in symptom clusters using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System in a palliative radiotherapy clinic
| Autor: | Liying Zhang, Vithusha Ganesh, Cyril Danjoux, Carlo DeAngelis, Elizabeth Barnes, Edward Chow, Matthew K. Hwang, May Tsao, Rachel McDonald, Leigha Rowbottom, Pearl Zaki, Bo Angela Wan, Ronald Chow, Nicholas Lao, Leah Drost, Stephanie Chan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Nausea Symptom assessment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Palliative radiotherapy Internal medicine medicine Cluster (physics) Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Aged 80 and over Radiotherapy business.industry Palliative Care Middle Aged Exploratory factor analysis Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Quality of Life Physical therapy Anxiety Female Symptom Assessment medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Supportive Care in Cancer. 25:3321-3327 |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 0941-4355 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00520-017-3749-x |
| Popis: | To identify symptom clusters in advanced cancer patients attending a palliative radiotherapy clinic using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS). Principal component analysis (PCA), exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) were used to identify symptom clusters among the nine ESAS items using scores from each patient’s first visit. ESAS scores from 182 patients were analyzed. The PCA identified three symptom clusters (cluster 1: depression-anxiety-well-being, cluster 2: pain-tiredness-drowsiness, cluster 3: nausea-dyspnea-loss of appetite). The EFA identified two clusters (cluster 1: tiredness-drowsiness-loss of appetite-well-being-pain-nausea-dyspnea, cluster 2: depression-anxiety). The HCA identified three clusters similar to the PCA with an exception of the loss of appetite item being classified under cluster 1 rather than 3. Two to three symptom clusters were identified using three analytical methods, with similar patterns reported in the literature. Particular groups of items co-occurred consistently across all three analyses: depression and anxiety; nausea and dyspnea; as well as pain, tiredness, and drowsiness. Three similar symptom clusters were identified in our patient population using the PCA and HCA; whereas, the EFA produced two clusters: one physical and one psychological cluster. Given the implications of symptom clusters in the management of quality of life, clinicians should be aware of these clusters to aid in the palliative treatment of patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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