Assessment of Symptoms Reported by 10- to 18-Year-Old Cancer Patients in Taiwan

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 738-746

  Yeh, Chao Hsing ^a   Wang, Chao Hui ^b   Chiang, Yi Chien ^c   Lin, Lin ^d   Chien, Lung Chang ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Measurement; MSAS 10 18; older children; pediatric cancer; symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN;

EID: 70350527156     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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