Consistency of symptom clusters in advanced cancer

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 342-346

  Kirkova, Jordanka ^a   Aktas, Aynur ^a   Walsh, Declan ^a   Rybicki, Lisa ^b   Davis, Mellar P ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced; analysis; assessment; cancer; clusters; consistent; patients; sentinel; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOMITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOMITING;

EID: 77955323211     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909110369869     Document Type: Article

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