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Symptom clusters in cancer patients

Chen, Mei-Ling, Tseng, Ho-Ching·2006·Supportive Care in Cancer
DOI 10.1007/s00520-006-0019-8
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Goals of work Cancer patients often experience multiple symptoms, many of which have been reported to correlate with each other. The goals of this study were to understand which cancer-related symptoms cluster together and to test the conceptual meanings of the revealed symptom clusters.Patients and methods Patients with various cancer diagnoses (N=151) were recruited from a medical center in northern Taiwan. The 13-item M.D. Anderson symptom inventory was used to assess patients' symptom severity. Selected symptoms were factored using principal-axis factoring with oblique rotation. The known-group technique was used to validate the conceptual meanings of revealed factors.Main results Patients' symptom severity ratings fit a three-factor solution that explained 55% of the variance. These three factors (symptom clusters) were named sickness symptom cluster, gastrointestinal symptom cluster, and emotional symptom cluster. Patients with pain and with advanced diseases had significantly higher mean scores in the sickness symptom cluster than patients without pain and with earlier-stage diseases. The patients' functional status was negatively correlated with mean scores in the sickness symptom cluster. Patients under chemotherapy demonstrated significantly higher mean scores in the gastrointestinal symptom cluster than patients under other treatments. Patients with anxiety or depression also had significantly higher mean scores in the emotional symptom cluster than patients without anxiety or depression.Conclusions This study identified three underlying symptom clusters and verified their conceptual meaning in cancer patients. Knowing these symptom clusters may help healthcare professionals understand plausible mechanisms for the aggregation of symptoms.

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  1. Chang AP (2003) Development and validation of the Brief Fatigue Inventory–Taiwan form and M. D. Anderson symptom inventory–Taiwan form. Master thesis, Taipei Medical University
  2. Chiang CY, Chen ML, Yu WP, Huang TH (2001) Physical and psychological distress of brain tumor patients receiving radiotherapy. Chang Gung Nurs 12:271–281
  3. Lin LH (2000) Screening for depression in cancer inpatients. Master thesis, Chang Gung University

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Authors
Chen, M.-L., & Tseng, H.-C.
Affiliations
  • Chang Gung University (TW)
  • Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center (TW)
Corresponding author
Chen, Mei-Ling
ORCID
Chen, Mei-Ling
Venue
Supportive Care in Cancer
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2006-02-21
Volume
14
Issue
8
Pages
825-830
ISSN
  • 0941-4355 (ISSN-L)
  • 1433-7339
DOI
10.1007/s00520-006-0019-8
OpenAlex
W1996624485
Cited by
159
References
29
Citations by year
2025: 6 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 15
FWCI
6.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Supportive Care in Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Chang Gung University
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
Keywords
cancer symptoms, symptom clusters, symptom severity, gastrointestinal symptoms, emotional symptoms, pain, chemotherapy, anxiety, depression, functional status, disease stage, MD Anderson Symptom Inventory
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Research Design, Severity of Illness Index, Taiwan, Multivariate Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Karnofsky Performance Status

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