Symptom Clusters and Relationships to Symptom Interference with Daily Life in Taiwanese Lung Cancer Patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-266

  Wang, Shu Yi ^a   Tsai, Chun Ming ^b,c   Chen, Bing Chang ^a   Lin, Chien Huang ^a   Lin, Chia Chin ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

lung cancer; Symptom cluster; symptom distress; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 39449105986     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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