Symptoms in the general Norwegian adult population - prevalence and associated factors
| Autor: | Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, Cecilie E. Kiserud, Øyvind Salvesen, Jon Håvard Loge, Stein Kaasa, Hilde Krogstad, Kjersti Støen Grotmol |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Sleep Wake Disorders medicine.medical_specialty Population Pain Norwegian Comorbidity Patient Health Questionnaire Reference values 03 medical and health sciences Diagnostic Self Evaluation 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Depression (differential diagnoses) Fatigue Aged Response rate (survey) education.field_of_study business.industry Norway lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Middle Aged medicine.disease Patient reported outcome measures language.human_language PROMS 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis language Female Biostatistics Symptom Assessment business MDASI Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020) |
| Popis: | Background Patients´ own perceptions and evaluations of symptoms, functioning and other health-related factors, i.e. Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs), are important elements for providing good patient care. Symptoms are subjective and best elicited by the patient orally or by using PRO measures (PROMs), be it on paper, or as electronic assessment tools. Reference values on frequently used PROMs facilitate the interpretation of scores for use in clinics and research settings, by comparing patient data with relevant samples from the general population. Study objectives were to (1) present reference values for the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) (2) examine the occurrence and intensity of symptoms assessed by the MDASI in a general Norwegian adult population sample, and (3) examine factors associated with higher symptom burden defined as the sum score of all symptoms, and factors associated with symptoms` interference on functions. Methods In 2015, MDASI was sent by mail as part of a larger survey, to a representative sample of the general Norwegian adult population (N = 6165). Medical comorbidities were assessed by the Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire. Depression was self-reported on the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9). Linear multivariable regression analysis was used to examine for factors associated with MDASI sum score and factors associated with symptoms’ interference on functions. Results The response rate was 36%. More women (54%) than men (46%) responded. Mean age was 55 years (SD 14). The most frequent symptoms were fatigue (59.7%), drowsiness (56.2%) and pain (56.1%). Fatigue, pain and disturbed sleep had the highest mean scores. The presence of one or more comorbidities, increasing PHQ-9 score and lower level of education were associated with higher MDASI sum score (p |
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