Edmonton symptom assessment scale: Italian validation in two palliative care settings

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Moro, Cecilia ^a   Brunelli, Cinzia ^b   Miccinesi, Guido ^c   Fallai, Mauro ^d   Morino, Piero ^d   Piazza, Massimo ^d   Labianca, Roberto ^a   Ripamonti, Carla ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^d ASL 10   (Italy)

Author keywords

ESAS; Italian validation; Quality of life; SDS; Symptom assessment tool; VNS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 31044440384     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0834-3     Document Type: Article

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