Treatment type and symptom severity among oncology patients by self-report.
Oncology patients receiving chemotherapy (n=109) and radiation therapy RT (n=161) reported symptom concerns and severity on the 25-item therapy-related symptom checklist (TRSC). Secondary analysis of the self-reports of the two treatment groups was done using the Mann-Whitney U Test. Thirteen symptoms differed significantly between the two groups. RT patients reported significantly greater severity of five symptoms (p<0.05) during therapy. Chemotherapy patients reported significantly greater severity of eight different symptoms. The other 14 items showed a heterogeneous pattern of self-reported patient symptom concerns. The TRSC appears to be a clinically useful self-report checklist that captures the more important symptom concerns of both RT and chemotherapy patients. Earlier efforts to develop this checklist are reviewed briefly.
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University of Kansas School of Nursing, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160-7052, USA. pwilliam@kumc.edu
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005221:Fatigue / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents