Journal article
Characteristics of Cancer Symptom Clusters Reported through a Patient-Centered Symptom Cluster Assessment
Western journal of nursing research, Vol.44(7), pp.662-674
07/01/2022
DOI: 10.1177/01939459211012426
PMCID: PMC8556408
PMID: 33926320
Abstract
In the scope of symptom cluster research, few investigators have obtained patients' perceptions of their symptom clusters, even though this information is central to designing effective interventions. In this cross-sectional study, 38 adults with cancer completed measures of demographics, health outcomes (functional status, well-being, quality of life) and a symptom cluster assessment that captured symptom occurrence, severity, distress, clustering, a priority cluster, causal attributions, duration, directional relationships, and cluster interference with daily life. Participants described 72 distinct symptom clusters. Symptoms were most frequently attributed to the cancer diagnosis. Participants' priority symptom cluster typically included two symptoms of continuous duration and one intermittent symptom. Temporal order and direction of symptom relationships varied, with 75 different relationships described among symptom pairs. Greater symptom cluster burden and interference were related to poorer health outcomes. This patient-centered view of symptom clusters revealed substantial variability in symptom cluster characteristics with important implications for symptom management.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics of Cancer Symptom Clusters Reported through a Patient-Centered Symptom Cluster Assessment
- Creators
- Kristine L. Kwekkeboom - University of Wisconsin–MadisonAnn Wieben - University of Wisconsin–MadisonLoyda Braithwaite - University of Wisconsin–MadisonKaitlyn Hopfensperger - University of Wisconsin–MadisonKyung Soo Kim - University of IowaKathleen Montgomery - University of Wisconsin–MadisonMargaret Reske - Vanderbilt University Medical CenterJennifer Stevens - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Western journal of nursing research, Vol.44(7), pp.662-674
- DOI
- 10.1177/01939459211012426
- PMID
- 33926320
- PMCID
- PMC8556408
- NLM abbreviation
- West J Nurs Res
- ISSN
- 0193-9459
- eISSN
- 1552-8456
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- Ride: A Bicycle Benefit for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center P30 CA014520 / University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Support Grant Vilas Mid-Career Award Program (William F. Vilas Trust Estate), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984696655902771
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