Frequency of side effects in outpatient cancer care and their influence on patient satisfaction - A prospective survey using the PASQOC® questionnaire

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-575

  Feyer, Petra ^a   Kleeberg, Ulrich R ^b   Steingräber, Maria ^a   Günther, Wolfram ^c   Behrens, Monika ^d  

^a VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

^b Hamatologisch Onkologische Praxis A   (Germany)

^c Picker Institut Deutschland   (Germany)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

2004 PASQOC questionnaire; Cancer; Outpatient care; Problem frequency; Satisfaction; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MOUTH ULCER; NAIL DISEASE; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BLEEDING; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44449126105     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0422-4     Document Type: Article

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