Symptom clusters in patients with advanced cancer: A reanalysis comparing different statistical methods

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-32

  Chen, Emily ^a   Nguyen, Janet ^a   Khan, Luluel ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Cramarossa, Gemma ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Holden, Lori ^a   Jon, Florencia ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer metastases; statistical analysis; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84863574687     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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