ArticleAsia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
Identification of Symptom Clusters in Cancer Patients at Palliative Care Clinic.
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- Associations between gastrointestinal symptoms and coexisting symptoms amongst patients in a palliative care unit: a PCOC-based longitudinal study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- A mixed-method study of identifying symptom clusters in adult patients with advanced cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Emergency palliative cancer care: anxiety and midazolam.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- A multiphase study protocol of identifying, and predicting cancer-related symptom clusters: applying a mixed-method design and machine learning algorithms.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Taste disturbance in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Progress in palliative care for cancer in Turkey: a review of the literature.Ecancermedicalscience · 2021Review
- Facing the large variety of life-limiting conditions in children.European journal of pediatrics · 2019Article
- End-of-life care in children with hematologic malignancies.Oncotarget · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveCancer patients often experience a large number of symptoms together. The aim of this study is to determine the symptom clusters in cancer patients at palliative care clinic.
methodsHundred and seventy consecutive patients were enrolled in the study. Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale was used for symptom assessment of the patients.
resultsThe most experienced symptoms by the patients during the past week before hospitalization in palliative care clinic were lack of energy (95.4%), weight loss (91.2%), lack of appetite (89.4%), pain (88.2%), dry mouth (87.6%), feeling sad (87.6%), feeling nervous (82.9%), worrying (81.2%), and feeling irritable (80.6%). Five symptom clusters were defined. First cluster: pain, feeling nervous, dry mouth, worrying, feeling irritable, weight loss; second cluster: feeling drowsy, numbness/tingling in hands/feet, difficulty in sleeping, dizziness, constipation, I do not look like myself; third cluster: nausea, vomiting; fourth cluster: shortness of breath, difficulty in swallowing, cough, change in the way food tastes; and fifth cluster: feeling bloated, problems with urination, diarrhea, itching, mouth sores, hair loss, swelling of arm or legs, change in the skin.
conclusionsWe encountered various symptom clusters in advanced cancer patients. Identification of symptom clusters and knowledge of cluster composition in oncological population may particularly contribute individualization of the treatment.
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